Erin Fowler: FEMME

We got the chance to speak to Erin Fowler about all things #FEMME, discussing the importance of theatre and feminism, as well as what performing means to her…

📸: Dan Finill

Why FEMME and why now?

"It's an interesting question because I made it in 2018 before #metoo had really come to the fore and every time I perform it I think "maybe it's not relevant any more", this idea around femininity and what it means to be a woman, to be female, to identify as female. But I think now more than ever we're facing ridiculously archaic situations...

📸: Dan Finill

"...It was really powerful doing the first show here (House of Oz). I hadn't quite connected to it fully again. Looking everyone in the eye which I do so much, it's like a stadium for people to witness me and to witness each other. I don't know if that's a good thing but it does still feel relevant. "

📸: Dan Finill

How does FEMME make you feel and how do you want other people to feel when they watch it?

"For me it's about allowing women, female-identifying people, to feel like their femininity can be whatever they want. This is my exploration of what femininity has meant or been or been challenged by for me..."

📸: Dan Finill

"...I hope that it's seen an offering and that it has a sense of solidarity, a sense of understanding for women to think "We don't have to be a certain way to be feminine, we don't even have to be feminine to still be a woman". That relationship is so ever-changing."

📸: Dan Finill

Catch Erin's show 'FEMME' on 25 August at #HouseOfOz at 5pm. Her other show 'EGG' is also on #HouseOfOz from the 15th. Erin will also be leading Qoya Feminine Movement Workshops on 20 & 29 August at 11am.