The latter half of 2008 has seen the inception and development of the Hair on My Head is Dead performance. This includes:
A series of performed installations, premiered at Arches Live festival, Glasgow and then commissioned for the Emergency festival at Manchester's greenroom venue.
Two development residencies at the CCA and Dance House
Project awards include a Donald Dewar Arts Award (funding a wig of Cuinn's own hair to be made) and development funding from Arts Trust Scotland (a subsidiary of the Scottish Arts Council)
Keep checking back for updates on the Hair on my Head is Dead, the first showings of the new theatre work are scheduled for Autumn 2009
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Meanwhile you can find out more about collaborative projects Cuinn has been working on:
David Overend's development of The Multipli city in which Cuinn was recently a performer.
PLaY Part 4 is devised and directed work in progress conceived by Jamie Fletcher and Dick Bonham as part of their PLaY series. PLaY Part 4 featured Glasgow based performers Helen Cuinn, Kieran Hurley, Julia Taudevin and Jenna Watt. The group hope to take some of the ideas they began exploring forward into a development period and a tour in 2010.