Tarrare the Freak - 'Performing the Freak' - Public Engagement Programme

Tarrare the Freak is a project which negotiates a model of puppetry as a practice-based analytic to deepen understanding of ethical and historical issues within the medical humanities. The piece showcased at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry (Tobacco Factory Theatres, September 2015) and Suspense Festival, London (New Diorama Theatre, November 2015), and toured the UK in 2017 including a 3-week run at Wilton’s Music Hall, London.This item contains a source of contextualising material in the form of a programme which supported the public engagement events called 'Performing the Freak', which brought together the show’s creators with medical and medical humanities professionals and disability and monstrosity scholars to explore key themes of the show for a public audience.Materials created by Laura Purcell-Gates and used with permission.

《怪诞之塔拉瑞》是一项旨在通过实践分析构建木偶戏模式，以深化对医学人文领域内伦理与历史问题的理解的项目。该作品于2015年9月在布里斯托尔木偶节（位于烟叶工厂剧院）及伦敦的悬疑节（位于新迪奥拉马剧院）展出，并于2017年在英国巡演，其中包括在伦敦威尔顿音乐厅的为期三周的演出。本项包含了一系列背景材料，形式为支持名为‘表演怪诞’的公众参与活动的大纲，该活动汇集了展览的创作者、医学及医学人文专业人士以及残疾人和怪物学者，共同向公众探讨展览的核心主题。所创材料由劳拉·珀塞尔-盖茨制作，并已获得其许可使用。