we are all made of stars

A journey through the body as a living landscape, an ecosystem, constantly in flux

Using a borescope camera Freddie Wulf explores the close-up textures of body, water, and plant, creating a journey through a cosmic landscape.

passing by hairs erupting, droplets on the tiny leaves of moss, lips and throat like an underwater cave

Performed in a bathtub, and inspired by philosophies of vital materialism, the show combines visual languages from body horror and nature documentaries, moving between atmospheres of discomfort, dis/connection, and bliss.
With a live sound score by Alicia Jane Turner.

Concept & Research/Lead Artist: Freddie Wulf
Producer: Willy Amott / Michael Kitchin
Composition & Live Music: Alicia Jane Turner
Lighting Designer: Joshie Harriette
Co-Scenographic Design & Production Manager: Anna Smith
Visual/Material Dramaturgy: an*dre neely
Outside Eye/Movement: Ania Varez, Emma Frankland, Tammy Reynolds, Piper Piper
Rehearsal Room Support Worker: Miau Vartianien / Celia Morris
Specialist Prop Design: Ginger Johnson
Prop Consultant: Tom Cassani, Shrek 666
Prop Casting: Pump Toys
Intimacy Coordination Consultant: Bishop Black

Commissioned by Fierce and Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA). Supported by FABRIC, The Yard Theatre and the Jerwood New Work Fund. Funded by Arts Council England and Help Musicians.



we are all made of stars has been an iterative project since 2016. With thanks to the people who helped me develop this work: Vivianna Chiotini, Mary Osborn, Tim Spooner, Rob Pell-Walpole, Marty Langthorne, Pam Tait, Phoebe Patey-Ferguson, Yaron Shyldkrot, Bean & Benjamin, Aaron Wright, Pippa Frith, Simon Bowes, Paul Hanson, Yas Clarke, Simon Donger, Anando, Liz Clarke, Jo Bannon, Reed Rushes, Lou Platt, Kasra Jalilipour. And to hosts and supporters of past iterations: BAC, Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award/Barbican, SPILL National Platform, Submerge Festival, Performance Space, The Cube Cinema, TaPRA Conference.


Featured in article by Simon Bowes (2019)
Notes Towards a Theatre of Assemblages, Performance Research 24(4)

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Images below contain nudity

Image credits: Manuel Vason, Jamal Jones (video still) @FierceFestival // Camilla Greenwell @TheYardTheatre // Fabian Raabe @Sophiensaele

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