Rosana Cade

Rosana Cade is a performance maker based in Glasgow. Whilst the form of her performance work varies and emerges in relation to the specific process or context she is engaging with, it is firmly rooted in a queer feminist discourse and straddles live art and activism. Rosana believes in live performance as a place for necessary transgression of oppressive societal boundaries and radical live connection with others. Her practice is also concerned with creating space for minority voices to be heard. Her performances are often collaborative and happen in various contexts including theatres, galleries, urban public spaces, as well as club and cabaret settings.

Rosana was part of the Spill National Showcase in 2013, a National Theatre of Scotland ‘Auteur’ in 2014 and she is an Artsadmin artist bursary recipient 2014/15. Her work has been shown extensively across the UK with a range of organisations including the National Theatre in London, at Summerhall as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014, Contact Theatre – Manchester, the Arches in Glasgow, Forest Fringe, Battersea Arts Centre, and at international venues including Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon, Frascati in Amsterdam and Kwai Fong Theatre in Hong Kong.

The artist collaborates regularly with Eilidh MacAskill in the live art riot girl boi band, Double Pussy Clit Fu*k to create club and cabaret performances.

In 2011 Rosana received the Athena award via New Moves International for Walking:Holding, an interactive participatory performance exploring sexuality, intimacy, and identity in public space. Currently she is collaborating with a film maker to create a new experimental film about the project funded by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

Rosana is also co-founder of BUZZCUT, a collaboration based in Glasgow, dedicated to supporting experimental performance practice in Scotland with a strong community focused ethic. They have hosted five annual five-day international festivals of live art in Govan, Glasgow.