‘this is a public square’

‘what’s is my body?’ ‘what is my body’ ‘isn’t my body.’ ‘this is a public square’ is a clown performance that situates the (trans) body as wayward material among the built landscape. The performance works with found text, participation, and material collaboration to collapse language of identity and community to practice alternative modes of worlding. CAMDEN BARRETT (they/them) is a theatre and performance practitioner based in London, UK. Their work and facilitation practice troubles hostile design frameworks of gender and architecture through anarchic methods of clowning and collaborative play. Most recently, they collaborated with multi-disciplinary designer Angela Rauf on ONLY EXIT at SIDE STEP FESTIVAL and VOIDSPACE (2025), a speculative, interactive performance project which sought to unmake conventions of wayfinding. From Salt Lake City, Utah, Camden is the co-founder of KID SISTER THEATRE COLLABORATIVE with director Niko Krieger. Camden has recently completed their postgraduate study on the MFA Advanced Theatre Practice course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (’26) and are a graduate of the BFA Actor Training Program at the University of Utah (‘24). 

Company

Camden Barrett

Venue

Chisenhale Dance Space

Ages

18+