Cerberus is written about as the most terrifying creature in Greek mythology, capable of causing even the most courageous hero or warrior to flee. 
Positioned between our world and the netherworld, Cerberus guarded the gates that divided them, so that no soul who has left the human world could  return. 
The three heads of the vigilant dog would sleep in turn. Thus the beast was always awake and ready for danger. Though fierce in manner, Cerberus’ basic virtues of loyalty and devotion meant it would not abdicate its post under any circumstances.  

As the collective Cerberus we exist in the in between liminal space, of this world and the netherworld, neither in nor out of either, but at the edge of both, forever on duty as the gatekeepers. We are three individuals who join as one, bound together as the three heads – representing loyalty and vigilance, remarkable strength and ferocity. We perform as one unit that divides itself into three, then remoulds itself into one, always protecting, always awake and always on guard.

Cerberus proposes to make a live performance around the theme of women’s health, specifically focusing on the paused nationwide roll out of HRT medication which was due to commence in January 2025 and has now been postponed indefinitely.  
Menopause has only literally only become a generalised topic in the last number of years and this whole festival is about bringing this to the forefront. The delaying of the HRT scheme has massive implications to thousands of this country’s citizens and  implications of this will be wide and far-reaching. 

As three artists in mid-life who have managed parenthood, fertility and menopause between them we have a rich collective experience which we will draw upon to interrogate the notion of wellness and what wellness as a concept means. Our bodies are rich wells of pain and joy and also treachery, changing and not always performing the way we want them to. Our live performance will also address how as a collective we are all mothers but we do not all identify as she/her, and through our work we seek to allow our collective strength, fierceness and rage to be seen, as we seek to show that the female body comes in different sizes, genders and ages and all are worthy of being seen. Our fury at the governments inept handling of the HRT scheme will be the main focal point of the performance. 

Why is this work/event needed now?

The fact that women’s health issues are still called women’s health’ when we make up over 50% of the worlds population is proof of why it’s needed. The delay of the HRT scheme will be impacting people from now and onwards which makes this work extremely pertinent and relevant on an economic, social and cultural level. 

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