COCK, COCK.. WHO’S THERE? (2016)
WINNER OF THE TOTAL THEATRE AWARDS 2018
WINNER OF THE PRIX JARDIN D’EUROPE 2017
WINNER OF THE ANDRÉ VELTKAMP AWARD 2017
NOMINATED FOR THE BNG BANK NEW THEATERMAKER AWARD 2017
ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING TALENTS OF 2017 - TANZ MAGAZINE 2017
NOMINATED FOR THE JUDGES CHOICE AWARD: shows with the finger on the pulse of social change" 2018
SYNOPSIS
Cock, Cock… Who’s There? is not your average show about rape, female bodies, online dating, feminism or the male gaze. Samira Elagoz takes us along on her personal research project across three continents. From online platforms, like Tinder and Chatroulette, to close encounters, she examines the full spectrum of male–female relations from intimacy to brutality, and takes the audience on her journey of regaining power and attempts to relate to men. She explores desire, the power of femininity and the female gaze in a world in which the virtual and the real are inextricably intertwined.
Director, concept, edit, camera: Samira Elagoz
PRESS/REVIEWS:
“( ★★★★★ ) Cock Cock becomes a statement of fierce defiance without ever raising its voice to a shout.
“( ★★★★★ ) ..intimate and raw while simultaneously being clinical and distanced. Part experiment, part film, part f*ck you...This is the kind of theatre I want to see.”
( ★★★★★ ) "hyper-personal research is layered and universal"
Theaterkrant.nl
“( ★★★★½ ) ..turns an archeological gaze on its audience, sexual violence, and itself.
“ ( ★★★★ ) ..her apparent fearlessness in the face of potentially dangerous and pervy internet strangers, her archly sexualised femininity–engenders discomfort and forces us to question our own prejudice.”
“ ( ★★★★ ) “..there’s an ultimate sense that consensual intimacy is still a beautiful thing"
Scotsman
“( ★★★★) The strong performance is so physical that it makes the audience anxious -
“ ( ★★★★) This is a hard-hitting, graphic and difficult piece of theatre..”
( ★★★★) "She assembles and edits all this into a film that is as raw-realistic as it is frivolous, as moving as it is funny, as dramatic as it is optimistic."
“Best takes on the male gaze”
“Lyn Gardner: New voices challenge our idea of ‘good’ theatre”
“..possibly the best thing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year… The result is piece of art that’s far more nuanced, intelligent and adult in its consideration of sexuality and femininity than the vast majority made on the subject.”
“Dense like a book, story line close to perfection combined with confessionalism typical to performance all produces a unique art work which after-images ja contradictions one has to ponder for long. The performance's freedom and courage, that has been refined with strong theoretical thinking still feels very radical"
"Even though the performance, and specifically its topic, is very serious, it isn’t heavy or depressing, nor blaming. — It is above all strong and very clearly articulated statement on how you can recover from a traumatic experience. and how that event can be a starting point to something new, and empowering for yourself as well as to others.”
"One of the top10 Theatre works of 2017"
“…One artist, however, was ahead of the game: Samira Elagoz.”
“..when you have seen the work you can’t but join its praisers. This is unlike anything you’ve seen before.”
“It’s unmissable. Samira makes work of complexity, tenderness and humour that I hope will offer new perspectives on ongoing national conversations about sexual violence.”
"If one piece captures the complexity of #metoo, it is 'Cock, Cock ... Who's there?' from Samira Elagoz."
"...A very complex and remarkable work in which, above all, humanity is the focus."
INTERVIEW: “Samira Elagoz confronts the trauma of #metoo.”
"A piece that hits the spot. Men should look at it gratefully."
“Raw yet exquisitely composed.. unapologetic in presentation of the female artists’ desires, bodies and experience..”
"Raw yet elegant"
Volkskrant.nl
"Elagoz's self-presentation very intelligently exposes a taboo subject."
"Samira Elagoz not only captures zeitgeist convincingly, but also show a remarkable mastery of the tools of her trade. Her editing and framing skills are extraordinary, the dramaturgy flawless. In short: ‘Cock, cock, who’s there’ is performance that resonates long after you leave the theatre."
AHK.nl
"To make the investigation interesting is not so much the ambiguous line of demarcation between truth and fiction already experienced by many contemporary performances, but rather the provocative forcing of many stereotypes on an already widely discussed subject."
“Exciting and honest examination of the meaning of intimacy in the digital age”
"In this trend of a generation of young creators with autobiographical performances Samira Elagoz goes a step further. Keenly she plays with the expectations of both her subjects and the audience."
Theateraanzee.be
"..one piece, in particular, got under our skin and kept returning to us. The issues it raised and dealt with did not settle on a closure either in the work itself or in our discussions. Through a skillful interweaving of multiple genres such as live performance, creative documentary, and docu-fiction, Cock, Cock Who’s There? by Samira Elagoz performs a series of unsettling, thought-provoking boundary-crossings. In its investigation on the longing for intimacy and connection, it traverses the gray spaces between violence and intimacy; reality and fiction; life and art; the public and the private; victimhood and agency, and between and within the multiple roles one embodies."
PERFORMED AT :
Usine-C, Montreal
Ruhrtriennale, Essen
Teatro Do Bairro Alto, Lisbon
Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
4+4 Days in Motion, Prague
La Biennale in Toulouse, Théâtre De la Cité
Short Theatre, Rome
Nowy Teatr, Warsaw
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Take Me Somewhere Festival, Glasgow
Brighton Fringe, Brighton
It’s the Real Thing, Basel
Program Commun, Arsenic, Lausanne
100% La Villette, Paris
Side Step festival, Helsinki
Reykjavik (16th of November)
Actoral, Marseille (4th - 5th of October)
Dublin Fringe, Dublin
Wiesbaden Biennale, Wiesbaden
Tampere international theatre festival, Tampere
Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh
Ambulante, Mexico City
Revolve festival, Uppsala Stadsteater
IPAF festival, Warehouse9, Copenhagen
Labo festival, Cullberg ballet/Stockholm
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen
Kaaitheater, Brussels
Gesnerallee, Zürich
Campo, Ghent
Theatre Bellevue, Amsterdam
Magro Theater, Mantova
Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Rotterdamse schouwburg
Spider festival, Ljubljana
Homo Novus festival, Riga
Black Box, Oslo
Impulstanz, Vienna, Winner of Prix Jardin d'Europe
Santarcangelo Festival, Santarcangelo
Hango Teaterträff, Hanko
The EYE film museum, Amsterdam
Spring Festival, Utrecht
Radical Jung theatre Festival, Munich
Campo, Ghent
Something Raw festival, Amsterdam
Mad House, Helsinki
Les Urbaines, Lausanne
NU performance Festival, Tallinn
Frascati theatre, Amsterdam
Theater Aan Zee, Ostende
Total Theatre Awards, Edinburgh 2018
Prix Jardin d'Europe, Vienna 2017
André Veltkamp Award, Amsterdam 2016