Two parts documentation of performance offering varied interpretations on the aging female solo performing body. Presented in the context of “Fem Fresh” (Sunday 8 June 2014), a collaboration between Queen Mary, University of London and the Live Art Development Agency, featuring presentations and dialogues on, about, and around feminism and age in Live Art.

First 17 minutes: experimental video with dolls, shoes, colour overlays etc. (content unidentified, possibly off-air recordings); then venue interior shots and Neil Bartlett in solo rehearsal or performance. Venue unidentified but possibly Battersea Arts Centre, which would make this 1987 and the earliest version of the piece. Performance section followed by music videos, film excerpts etc. (presumably recorded off-air).Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

Performance piece after the novel by Mary E Braddon. With Neil Bartlett, Nicolas Bloomfield, Annie Griffin, Leah Hausman and Luke Williams. ICA, London, 1988.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

Venue interior shots and Neil Bartlett in solo rehearsal or performance. Venue unidentified but probably Battersea Arts Centre, which would make this 1987 and the earliest version of the piece. Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore. Music by Jeffrey Hinton.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by ICA Live Arts. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

A work for the theatre written and performed (solo) by Neil Bartlett, presented by Gloria theatre company. Recorded at Butlers Wharf, London, 1987. Decor by Robin Whitmore. Same performance as REF. D1980 but this version has no opening titles and ends prematurely. An undocumented voice over from another programme plays over the top of the recording from the beginning until 10 min. 35 sec.Part of the Neil Bartlett Collection. Donated to the British Library and the Live Art Development Agency Study Room from Neil Bartlett’s personal collection.

Video document of a journey of recollection through embdied and spoken narratives drawn from a number of reference works by the artist.

Video document of performance. With movements both hers and of other choreographers, Denise Stutz guides the audience through a personal and emotional history of Brazilian contemporary dance. The memory of the body and its relationship to identity – as well as how this is inscribed in space and relates to the public – motivate and shape this solo.

A collection of monologues by the master of one-man drama.

This is a Chinese language edition of Out of Now, originally published in English in 2009 (Study Room number P1193)

Collected for the first time in print, over a decade of texts from one of British theatre’s fiercest voices, documenting the extraordinary site-specific solo performances which have run parallel to Bartlett’s work as a mainstream director.