Andrea will use her Launchpad time to explore a new, playful, absurd, and physically demanding devised interdisciplinary performance idea for children. Using chairs as a central element, she will experiment with transformation; chairs becoming people, obstacles, and objects, to create shifting configurations and new contexts. Through looping, repetition, accumulation, and endurance, the piece will explore the comedy and struggle of performance, blending delightful ridiculousness with genuine exertion.
At its core, this project is about play, anticipation, failure, and persistence; ideas that deeply resonate with young audiences. The performance idea will invite children to recognise patterns, anticipate changes, and engage with the evolving playfulness of the piece.
Andrea is keen to develop this interdisciplinary idea and forge new artistic collaborations as she works to introduce herself as a lead artist in performance for young audiences.
As well as developing this new show idea, Andrea will attend the Children’s Festival in May and EXPORT/IMPORT, a biennial festival for young audiences in Brussels, in November.