Francess Gannon
- Email: pcfg@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: The Water Closet: What can queer theory and solo performance praxis bring to the awareness of toilet practices, the placement of public toilets, and bodies in crisis?
- Supervisors: Dr Jacki Willson, Dr Jenny Lawson, Dr Aylwyn Walsh
Profile
I graduated from Liverpool Hope University in 2016, where I earned a First-Class honours degree in Creative and Performing Arts and later gained a Distinction in my MA by Creative Practice in 2018. I have since performed one to one performance installations (Talking Stalls) in events across Liverpool, including Liverpool Light Night 2018, and Angel Field Festival 2019.
Research interests
I began studying Practice as Research at Leeds in 2022, exploring queer theory and solo performance praxis in relation to public toilet practices. This study will be supported by walking methods, and mapping/remapping experiments to capture the placement of public toilet sites in response to the body in crisis. The research is funded by the School of Performance and Cultural Industries.
- queer theory
- feminist theory
- toilet practices
- solo performance
- mapping/remapping
- walking methods
- crisis heterotopias
- bodies in crisis
Qualifications
- MA by Creative Practice (Distinction)
- BA with Honours in Creative and Performing Arts (First Class)