The Rant that Can't (Work-in-Progress)

The Rant That Can’t (Work-in-Progress) unfolds as a live performance where speech stutters and swirls, and where language meets its limit.

A single voice—or a shifting chorus—attempts to articulate a rant that cannot fully emerge. Words stutter, repeat, collapse, and reassemble into chants and partial songs. Fragments of speech loop and echo through the space, building a rhythm that oscillates between play and strain. What begins as an effort to communicate becomes a play on communication’s failure.

Treating the body as a technology and the voice as its appendage, The Rant That Can’t trace attempts and failures at speech when ongoing injustice renders the present as a continuous site of distortion, and a persistent sense of loss overwhelms any sense of agency.

This special work-in-progress precedes the premiere at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station on Sunday 18 October, presented by Somerset House Studios as part of 3 Evenings.

Venue Info

The building is wheelchair accessible. There is a step at the entrance but a ramp is available. There are two gender neutral toilets available, both are gender neutral with one fully accessible toilet. Find out more here.

Additional Fierce access information can be found here.