A event held at Arnolfini on Saturday 7th October. The event starts at 14:00.
A Spectacle of Herself
Laura Murphy, Contra Productions & Carré Magique
Join Laura on a mission to serve herself up [in]appropriately for your consumption, in a bold, cinematic, acrobatic odyssey through the frontiers of mental health, queerness, rage & the 21st Century space race. Directed by Ursula Martinez, with Laura’s critical and cheeky signature mix of autobiography, lip-sync, video and aerial rope, A Spectacle of Herself navigates the personal and political to seek out new worlds and ways to be seen.
Laura Murphy is a genre-defying queer performance maker from Bristol, who makes text-driven and dynamic physical performance about things that she thinks needs to be talked about. Challenging, intimate and spectacular, her work is a cross-disciplinary fusion of theatre, live art, circus and verbal explosion.
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A Spectacle of Herself is captioned.
For the venue's access information: www.arnolfini.org.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Doors: 20 minutes before show start
Show length: 60 minutes
Age recommendation: 16+
Content warning: features strobe lights and haze
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‘blistering’★★★★ (Fest)
’a complex new form of solo-theatre’ (Scotsman)
‘Murphy’s ability as a circus performer is mesmerising ★★★★’ (WeeReview)
What we love about A Spectacle of Herself:
A Spectacle of Herself is Laura’s brand new work for anyone who has ever felt or been told they are too much. Funny, poignant and political the show touches on autism, queerness and millennial identity and delivers highly skilled aerial performances in the process. Using creative captioning and video we are excited to see this internationally successful local artist making work on a new scale.
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For more about the company: www.contra-productions.co.uk
For group bookings over 10 please contact: [email protected]
Tags:
Aerial Rope
Lip Sync
Dance
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A Contra co-production with Le Carré Magique and Cambridge Junction.
Supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants. Summerhall Mary Dick Award Winner 2023, Jerwood Circus Residency recipient 2022. German language creative captioning commissioned by CircusDanceFestival Cologne.
Supported by and created through residencies with The Island Bristol, Le Carré Magique, Jerwood Arts, National Centre for Circus Arts, La Verrerie d’Ales, La Grainerie Pôle Européen de production, Cambridge Junction and Jacksons Lane.
Image credit: Holly Revell #bristolcircuscity
Entry requirements:
Laura Murphy, Contra Productions & Carré Magique
Join Laura on a mission to serve herself up [in]appropriately for your consumption, in a bold, cinematic, acrobatic odyssey through the frontiers of mental health, queerness, rage & the 21st Century space race. Directed by Ursula Martinez, with Laura’s critical and cheeky signature mix of autobiography, lip-sync, video and aerial rope, A Spectacle of Herself navigates the personal and political to seek out new worlds and ways to be seen.
Laura Murphy is a genre-defying queer performance maker from Bristol, who makes text-driven and dynamic physical performance about things that she thinks needs to be talked about. Challenging, intimate and spectacular, her work is a cross-disciplinary fusion of theatre, live art, circus and verbal explosion.
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A Spectacle of Herself is captioned.
For the venue's access information: www.arnolfini.org.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Doors: 20 minutes before show start
Show length: 60 minutes
Age recommendation: 16+
Content warning: features strobe lights and haze
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‘blistering’★★★★ (Fest)
’a complex new form of solo-theatre’ (Scotsman)
‘Murphy’s ability as a circus performer is mesmerising ★★★★’ (WeeReview)
What we love about A Spectacle of Herself:
A Spectacle of Herself is Laura’s brand new work for anyone who has ever felt or been told they are too much. Funny, poignant and political the show touches on autism, queerness and millennial identity and delivers highly skilled aerial performances in the process. Using creative captioning and video we are excited to see this internationally successful local artist making work on a new scale.
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For more about the company: www.contra-productions.co.uk
For group bookings over 10 please contact: [email protected]
Tags:
Aerial Rope
Lip Sync
Dance
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A Contra co-production with Le Carré Magique and Cambridge Junction.
Supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants. Summerhall Mary Dick Award Winner 2023, Jerwood Circus Residency recipient 2022. German language creative captioning commissioned by CircusDanceFestival Cologne.
Supported by and created through residencies with The Island Bristol, Le Carré Magique, Jerwood Arts, National Centre for Circus Arts, La Verrerie d’Ales, La Grainerie Pôle Européen de production, Cambridge Junction and Jacksons Lane.
Image credit: Holly Revell #bristolcircuscity
Entry requirements:
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