Jude Adams
Creator of music and a number of other thinGS
Drawing from personal experience A Room of Our Own is a dance based show I created in 2023 to be performed live and tells a story through music, narration and dance. It reflects on living a closeted life, and progresses through the challenges and the joys of hope, of health, liberation and finding our own place (and safe space) in the world, accepting of and irrespective of our gender or sexual orientation. The title is a nod to Virginia Woolf but here giving voice to freedom of expression for the LGBTQ+ community. While being highly relevant today, it is set in the early 1980s and as such, is also a very personal piece of social history, that I believe is important to share especially for future generations.
The soundtrack and songs are a selection from my first three albums, reworked as dynamic, dramatic and beautiful acoustic arrangements especially for this show c/o Chris Vince. To create this show I have collaborated with two members from a very wonderful young and diverse dance company MCDC which adds to the contemporary relevance.
A Room of Our Own is waiting to evolve and find its way forward. But in 2024 a film pilot was made with filmmaker Clare Unsworth and was selected for 8 national and international film festivals. And I was awarded a mini commission by arts organisation 1Degree East.
Onwards we go!
“ Thought provoking, moving and humorous. Be uplifted by this story through songs, narration and dance. “
A Room of Our Own film pilot trailer
Freedom
The Window to My Soul
“Renaissance woman Jude Adams sings with panache and the zest of a soul sister who has lived a little and experienced a lot.” Rosie Millard OBE
This Girl, This Woman