The Not Quite Yet (1) The Long Table :: January 23, 2008; 6-8 pm :: (2) If I could do one thing… - Performance by Lois Weaver :: February 28, 2008; 7 pm :: [ s p a c e ], 129 -131 Mare Street, London.

Introduced by Lois Weaver, The Long Table is an experimental public forum. A hybrid performance installation - roundtable discussion - dinner party designed to facilitate informal conversations on serious topics. Come along and give your opinion!

Lois Weaver is a performance artist, director, writer, teacher and curator with thirty years professional experience. She was co-founder of Spiderwoman Theatre and the WOW Theatre in New York and Artistic Director of Gay Sweatshop Theatre in London. She has been a performer, director, and writer with the Split Britches Company since 1980. Her interests include performance and human rights and performance and technology. Lois was Director for PSi12 Performing Rights, an international conference on the themes of performance and human rights.

Throughout 2007, Lois Weaver has led research sessions with groups of older people with the aim of helping them engage with the changes technology makes possible. This research, DEMOCRATISING TECHNOLOGY, is a DESIGNING FOR THE TWENTIETH FIRST CENTURY project funded by the AHRC and ESPRC based at Queen Mary University of London, involving Pat Healey (Department of Computer Science), Ann Light, Lois Weaver (Department of Drama) and SPACE.

As part of: THE NOT QUITE YET: ON THE MARGINS OF TECHNOLOGY.