Fuck you! You fucking Perv! is a schizophrenic immersion into psychological damage caused by pre-mature sexualization, a sensory bombardment of weird and sometimes shocking imagery, a pervasive, invasive sound score, tap dancing and tasteless jokes about sexual predators, mental illness and isolation. Enter a world that jumps back and forth through time and perspective, a world of destructive energy, surging forth in search of meaning in the irrational, a raging illogical exploration of one theme—sexual predation.
Originally presented in Studio 303’s Edgy Women Festival, and has been presented at the Aquarius Era Festival of Physical Visual Theatre in Bulgaria, Montreal Fringe Festival 2013. In August 2014 it was presented at SummerWorks in TO and the FringeNYC. Leslie Baker and team continue to develope the work. It is currently running at the Wildside Festival 2015 (Centaur Theatre, Montreal).
LESLIE BAKER
(created and
performed by)
Her work is interdisciplinary concept, in which she blends heightened corporal expression with image, sound, and text. Her work is articulated through a range of performance states and venues; from task-oriented to fully embodied character expression in traditional and site specific performance locations. Leslie has worked internationally as director, teacher, and performer since the 1990’s, working with Robert Wilson, Richard Foreman, Peter Bottazzi, Tedi Tafel, Micheline Chevrier, Emma Tibaldo, Bettina Hoffman, amongst others, and having taught at the National Theatre School of Canada, University of Costa Rica, and Concordia University.
PETER-CERONE
(sound design)
Peter has designed and engineered sound for theater and installations since 1980. He began his career in Rome, working for 10 years at the National Theatre of Rome (Teatro Argentino). There he worked with directors such as Maurizio Scaparro, Luca Ronconi, and Federico Tiezzi. Peter began working for Robert Wilson in 1992, and continues to collaborate on new projects. Since returning to Montreal in 2000, Peter has continued working internationally and started collaborations with Canadian artists and also works with the Centaur Theatre since 2001 and Concordia University since 2009.
HOWARD MENDELSOHN
(lighting design)
Howard has been working on the technical side of theatre since 1990. Selected lighting design credits include: Cabaret (The Stage Co., Penetanguishene); Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Stagehead Productions, Calgary); The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (McGill); Isolated Incident (Teesri Duniya); Tre’sullaltalena (La Ribalta); Much Ado About Nothing (Repercussion Theatre); Angels in America Parts I & II (Centaur Theatre); Charlie Farqharson’s Magic Lantern Show (Paul Simmons Productions). He has a day job working as the Production Manager for Centaur Theatre.
JOSEPH SHRAGGE
(text & dramaturge)
Joseph is the co-artistic director of the Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre. Recent writing credits include: co-translator Bacchae, (Centaur Theatre, Brave New Looks), The Heretics of Bohemia, a puppet human hybrid, Segal Centre Studio theatre. Vertip (Urban Tales, Centaur Theatre Company/Theatre Urbi & Orbi, 2011) Moshe Feldstein: Icon of Self-Realization (New York Fringe, 2011) His performance pieces written in collaboration with Leslie Baker have been performed in Montreal, San Francisco and Bulgaria and his short fiction, translations and adaptations have appeared in Matrix Magazine, Snap, Phantasmagoria and The Capilano Review.
SUE JANE STOKER (dramaturge)
Sue Jane worked for 25 years as a dramaturge and director or assistant director for many New York theatres. In 2000, she collaborated with André Gingras for the first time as dramaturge and associate director for the highly successful CYP17. For Mr Iaquone she was the dramaturge and assistant director for his very successful video/theatre work Variazioni sul Cielo, and for Across the Universe: a tribute to the Beatles for Teatro Massimo in Palermo. She worked as a stage manager & dramaturge for Robert Wilson for over 15 years.
SAM WYLIE
(composer)
has been designing sound for experimental performance since 1993, working primarily in Baltimore and New York City. He has worked for years with Leslie Baker and the Larval Trading Company. His work has been presented at 14 Karat Kabaret, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Theatre Project Baltimore, and the Baltimore Creative Alliance. His theatrical designs have won Best of Baltimore Awards in 1996 and 1997.