Brooke Roberts is The Hospital Club’s Creative in Residence for Fashion&Science 2011 and, as part of the Creatives in Residence program she is collaborating with Riccardo Buscarini (Dance CiR 2011), Elspeth Brooke (Music CiR 2011) and Bianca Wendt (Graphic Design CiR 2011) to present her new SS 2012 collection / fashion performance at London Fashion Week today!

Sabrina Mahfouz studied English literature at King’s College, before moving to the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she gained an MA in international studies and diplomacy. TS Eliot Award winner, poet, playwright and performer, she recently wrote and performed her solo show “Dry Ice” directed by David Schwimmer. It was a sellout London preview at New Wimbledon Studio and a real success at The Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival. Sabrina is also currently working on her first feature, a series of short stories taking place in cities around the world.

Brooke Robert’s fashion is inspired by the application of science and technology in the daily life, and of course, in fashion. This innovative approach has earned her a nomination as one of Vogue’s Exclusives and her collection is now available at Browns Focus. Brooke’s latest collection (Wo)Man + Machine, a fashion installation and performance of her Spring Summer 2012 collection in collaboration with Riccardo Buscarini and Bianca Wendt was inspired by imagery from Allens Institute of Brain science.

Artist Edward Cotterill graduated from Chelsea College of Art with an MA in Fine Art. Edward is inspired by the idea of art permeating all aspects of life and is striving to achieve a position where art and life are indistinguishable. He’s been recently exhibiting his new work, Dreams of San Diego, in the group show Glaze at Bischoff/Weiss. Edward is currently exploring the expression of music as a contemporary art form.

Award winning art director and designer Bianca Wendt has her own studio in Clerkenwell. For clients in the cultural, fashion and other commercial industries her studio assists with branding and communicating their identity – for publications, exhibitions and online. Bianca is currently developing a series of works combining print with exhibition design and curation. She’s been given carte blanche to design and curate the lobby space of The Hospital Club throughout her residency which you are currently looking at.

Filmmaker Jonathan Entwistle is in development with producer Rebecca Mark-Lawson and Stink TV on a debut feature written by Claire Wilson. They were both acknowledged as Screen International Stars of Tomorrow 2010, one of the most prestigious accolades for upcoming talent in film. Jonathan is also developing a short film called ‘Human Beings’. It is about friends learning about love at the end of a long summer. It’s about the teenage repercussions after the last party of the holidays.

Composer and performer Elspeth Brooke impressed The Independent reviewer Michael Church with her recent performance of a brand-new Goldberg variation the Britten Sinfonia’s The Goldberg Experiment event at Southbank. Elspeth, “took the Goldberg argument on to new and unexpected places,” he wrote. Elspeth is currently writing a trio for Britten Sinfonia, working on her band Creeping Jenny as well as composing music for a puppet show and theatre performances. Elspeth is also exploring writing music for films and documentaries.

An Italian dancer and choreographer based in London. He received a
danceWEB scholarship for Impulstanz, Vienna’s international dance festival and was one of the finalists of The Place Prize 2011. Riccardo has just won Premio Prospettiva Danza 2011 in Padua/IT and has presented his works in Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and UK. Riccardo has recently directed the choreography of Brooke’s fashion show, working with 15 dancers expressing the mechanism of the human machine. He is also working on taking his choreographic work onto film.

Have a gander at this little profile/interview with the wonderful Brooke Roberts by London Fashion Week!

Reviewed by: Julia Rampen

Sabrina Mahfouz is just one woman in a single spotlight, but she speaks in many tongues. While her brand of theatrical performance poetry is dirty and lyrical in turn, she also has a chameleon-like ability to imitate. As a result, this is a feast for accent-lovers, whether you’re a fan of northern grit, southern upper-class drawl, or mockney.
Mahfouz tells the story of Nina, a stripper. It’s an amusing and often surreal journey through the adult entertainment world. The audience is offered a peep at a strippers’ changing room, a bizarre fetish, and the various categories of punters. As well as the self-proclaimed lads, there are those that ask her what her mother would say. Nina’s quick reply – ‘What would your mother say?’ – quickly exposes the hypocrisy of such moralising.
It’s also, though, a portrait of an individual who is never quite at ease. In one of the highlights of the piece, Mahfouz takes us to a dinner party that meets Bridget Jones levels of social awkwardness. ‘Do you ski, Nina?’ a plummy voice asks. Nina responds dryly: ‘No, I don’t like doing anything that involves too many clothes.’ By the end, even Nina’s self-assurance seems something of a façade.
This show is driven by poetry, but it’s also an elegant and gripping piece of theatre. See it.
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