Love And Not Knowing

Love and Not Knowing placed on a wooden surface

2021 - 2024

Love and Not Knowing celebrates more than twenty-five years of the work of Fevered Sleep

 
 
 
 
 
 

A book on Fevered Sleep published by Performance Research Books as part of their Inside Performance Practice series.

An experiment in co-created writing, the six chapters of the book bring together a range of different voices from people with differing relationships to and perspectives on the company and our processes: artists, academics, collaborators, producers, participants and audience members.

Through collaborative, playful, participatory processes of writing, they draw upon distinct memories, moments and projects to explore core themes that have continued to run through our work over time: On Place, On Young People and Children, On Animals, On Care, On Being Together and On Love and Not Knowing.

 
 
 

This book offers a remarkable insight into what Fevered Sleep does and how they do it, from a range of participants and partners.  It’s a window into the company’s work and a series of reflections on their processes of making – thoughtful, perceptive and original.

Maria Delgado, Vice Principal
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama,
University of London

 
 
Page of the chapter "On care", with images of girls overlapping.
 

Meet the team

Contributors: 

Adele Senior

Akshay Sharma

Alan McElligott

Angel Roach

Bakani Pick-Up

Catherine Long

Dan de la Motte

Daniella Domm

David Harradine

Deepa Shastri

Eddie Nixon

Emre Gunes

Hansjörg Schmidt

Joanne Zerdy

Kip Johnson

Laura Cubitt

Linda Machin

Lisa Woynarski

Lou Robbin

Louisa Borg-Costanzi Potts

Louisa Davies

Louise Blackwell

Lyn Gardner

Marcel Winter

Mariam Rezaei

Matt Burman

Maya Demetriou

Minnie Trottford

Natalie Chen

Nathan Goodman

Orlando Gangbo

Paul Russ

Pebbles Doughty-White

Petra Söör

Rayvenn D’Clark

Reggie Roberts

Rose Kigwana

Rosie Stanbury

Ruth Little

Sakeema Crook 

Sam Butler

Sarah Carvalho

Simeon Ndu-Seaba

Sophie Eustace

Sorrel Barnes

Stella Nodine

Susanne Burns

Synne Behrndt

Teah Tournier Winchester

Ushi Bagga

Wahida Khandker

Will Daddario

Zaynah Alom

Zina Abaraonye

Designed by: Valle Walkley

Edited by: Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca and Luke Pell

Published by: Performance Research Books

 
 

Fevered Sleep’s creations have always asked what we choose to notice and why – inviting us to pay attention differently and to different things. This book continues the company’s work – surprising us in how it asks, how it observes and what it brings to light.

John McGrath, Artistic Director
Factory International