Audio Experiences
Ankles: A Book of Spells
These tracks are samples from 'Ankles', an immersive Book of Spells that toured nationally in 2022. '
Written by Roma Yagnik.
Accompaniment to live verse written by Bethan Kitchen:
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The Incantation
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Embrace the world with hope, my baby
And cherish the parts that make you
They were made for you, to nurture and grow
As you grow up and into the world, through winters, spring and summer,
May you continue to discover
The power and the wonder
That ripples through and under your soft skin.
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Walk through the world with pride, my baby.
Move your body with freedom,
It was made for you, to nurture and grow
These anlkes and these toes and thighs,
bum-cheeks fingers, smile,
Get to know them for a while
They're yours to love my child.
Let them rest or dance them wild, as you desire.
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Embrace the world with hope, my baby
And cherish the parts that make you
They were made for you, to nurture and grow
As you leave my arms and face the world,
through adventure, loss, and lover.
Let you be reminded by your mother,
To keep on rediscovering
The power and the wonder
That surges through and under
The textures and the colours,
That put you all together,
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Hold onto them forever.
Written by Roma Yagnik.
Verse by Bethan Kitchen
Performed by Mac Sproates
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Bind Me
Bind me to find me
Where I am not defined by the chest that designed
Your vision of me
When your hand visited me
When you took a hold of my chest
This expression of possession
Defined me as female
By singling out the bits of me
That actually imprison me
From being who I want to be
That time you took a hold of me
You strapped female to me
Tucked it in between your fingers
Invited it to tighten around me
You bound me
So let this bind do my unbinding
From the person that you started defining
Let this bind do my unwinding
With each wind I'm realigning
My body with me
Non-binary
Bind me
To find me
Written by Roma Yagnik.
Verse by Bethan Kitchen
Performed by Mac Sproates
Accompanied by live choreography,.
Keys was created as a spoof workout video, to portray the inner dialogue of a young woman walking home, holding keys in her hands as protection.
Written by Roma Yagnik.
Verse by Bethan Kitchen
Performed by Bethan Kitchen
Raising Shame Audio Experience: Sanitary
Written & Directed by Bethan Kitchen
Performed by Sarah Boulter
Intro by Wambui Hardcastle
Produced by Lydia Brickland & Becca Johnston
Sound design by Roma Yagnik
Raising Shame Audio Experience: The Teenager and the Tampon
Written & Directed by Bethan Kitchen
Performed by Sarah Boulter, Brogan Gilbert, & Melody Sproates
Intro by Wambui Hardcastle
Produced by Lydia Brickland & Becca Johnston
Sound design by Roma Yagnik
'Hilarious, heart-warming, hard hitting.'
Anna Girvan