How I Became Myself (By Becoming Someone Else)
by Paula Varjack
Performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015
Created and Performed by Paula Varjack
Directed by Kellie Tori
Video Design/Editing by Olivia Vergon
Videography by Tom Lyle Severn
Sound Design by Ania Przygoda
A “performed documentary” that explores identity and reinvention by reflecting on the process of naming and name change. A journey into transformation, discovery and that elusive thing called authenticity. What's in a name? How does it shape us? Does creating a new you have the potential, paradoxically, to bring you closer to yourself?
The show fuses live performance with video interview and sound design, playing with the ways we present and perhaps even broadcast ourselves in performative, social and media contexts.
Created as part of Chelsea Theatre’s Fresh Blood programme in 2014 and performed at Edinburgh Fringe 2015.