FLOWER BED

Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax: Festival of Working People & the Arts 

Flower Bed is an accessible chronicle of chronic illness. Using puppets, humour, and visual art, it creatively explores what life is like when your full-time job is Living With Pain. Noella Murphy is a clown, a visual artist, a theatre maker, and a medical mystery. From a misogynistic healthcare system that ignores women’s pain to the struggles of being confined to your bed for months on end, Noella reflects on the absurdity, grief, and transformation that comes with chronic illness, creating a place to share her story and allow others to see their experiences reflected onstage. With two complementary components (an onstage performance and an interactive gallery show), this multidisciplinary piece is a visual spectacle, a place for conversation, and a pathway towards empathy for those who have dealt with any form of illness in their lives.

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Created and performed by Noella Murphy, Lou Campbell, and Laura Stinson
Puppets, props, and costumes by Laura Stinson, Ginevra Syperek, Susannah Murphy, Ashley MacDonald, and Noella Murphy
Production management by Colleen Arcturus MacIsaaca