26.09.20 | 7:00PM

This event has been cancelled. Instead we will be presenting an exciting and diverse array of brand new commissions, all available on our website for free from September. Read more details here.

Lone Taxidermist is the utterly bizarre and otherworldly ruptured activity generated by Cumbrian musician, costume maker, skin decorator, performer and natural provocateur Natalie Sharp. Her performances manifest icons and deities drawn from the corners of the (Post-)Internet. Her performances have been known to turn audiences members into exhibitionists– tales transpiring of sensorial acts of gender bending, food porn and squelchy mass ritual. Sharp effortlessly blends ‘instruments’ which come to hand– whether that be songwriting, multi-instrumentalism or mastery of non-standard instruments like musical saw and theremin, stagecraft, costumes, graphic art, video making, face paint, vocal technique, remixing and DJing.

We are honoured to welcome Natalie to Aerial as our second Artist in Residence where she will present a new piece of work drawing on her experiences growing up in North Cumbria with ‘Marra’.

A deep interrogation into the dialect and ceremonies of West Cumbria, endangered voices and esoteric rituals from auctioneers to gurners. A personal exploration into being a first generation immigrant in a small north western farmers town, the exploration will journey outwards, delving into immigrants assimilation into Cumbria. The piece will take the form of a live multi-sensory musical performance and residency.

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