Freddie Crossley in EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE at Theaterlab

Theaterlab is proud to present Freddie Crossley’s durational performance Help Yourselves as part of their upcoming EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE, Saturday November 15.

In Help Yourselves, UK based artist Freddie Crossley cooks soup to fill a pot in the center of a gallery– it is warm and meant to be shared. With recipes as score, audiences are invited to put out plates and eat: they chop, heat, taste, improvise. A graceful and heart-warming communal experience, Crossley’s work is both a gift of welcome and a stark reminder of who our cultural spaces are for. “If we want to eat, we must share and in that act, in connection, kindness and care against all odds, Help Yourselves is a glimmer of hope,” says Crossley about the work.

Help Yourselves will be presented at Theaterlab as part of their EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE, a free community program through which Theaterlab opens its doors and invites audience members to sit in on rehearsals, performance explorations, and visual arts installations. A unique invitation into the creative process, the experience is ultimately meant as fodder for collective conversations: as we share this intimate and creative space with our audience, can we think about our future together? About our present?

EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE will take place Saturday, November 15, from 12pm to 5pm. In addition to Freddie Crossley’s Help Yourselves, audience members will also be able to drop into Orietta Crispino’s open performance What am I Thinking, and Claire Lebowitz King’s I’m All Ears.