Venus/Mars
Venus/Mars is a play unapologetically about words…
Sex words, come here I hate you words, teasing words, small words, big words, bitter words, love words, grey words, our words, your words.
“She’s smiling again, stunning, I like this girl.
Neither of us wanna let go. The lights flash, end
of night looms. I motion her forward. “Let’s dance,
it’s the last song.”
Daniel and Michelle first cross paths on the dance floor and gradually become an item. But they soon realise that relationships don’t always have fairytale endings.
Sexual attraction soon gives way to negotiating the complexities of a grown-up relationship; toward a definition of what it really means to share your life with someone.
Set amongst the back drop of London’s bright city lights, this lyrical and poetic play explores love and intimacy in 21st century London with live music and exclusive soundtrack from Radio 1 DJ Dev.
The World Premier of Venus/Mars was at Old Red Lion Theatre
Heartache.Heartbreak
An on-going gift of a work by Bryony Kimmings. Heartache.Heartbreak. is an endless letter to lost loves across the world. Begun in Portugal as part of a Forest Fringe residency this durational work seeks to eradicate loneliness, love pains and stupid tears by turning heartache and heartbreak into objects of ridicule. This Autumn Kimmings lands in Shepherds Bush and asks its residents for its cures for heartache. Connecting to the psyche of an area, asking its community for soul soup and stories, Kimmings then creates small pieces of performance for those who help her. Each evening these are played out like a jukebox of agony aunt solutions, old wives tales and straight talking slaps. This show is for anyone whose ever cried into soup alone, banged down doors or grasped at their chest in the night. Quick witted, endlessly chatted and oh so totally true… join Kimmings as she fights heartache and laughs right at love!
DATES AND DETAILS
Saturday 9 November, 7.30pm, £15 (£13 concessions and £10 Under26/ Bush connect tickets)
Price of ticket includes admission to both shows
Bryony Kimmings is a Performance Artist but don’t hold that against her. She creates full-length theatre shows, cabaret work, homemade music and sound installations. Her work is larger than life, often outrageous, visually loud, sometimes dangerous, somewhat unpredictable but above all fun. She is inspired by the taboos and anomalies of British culture and her autobiographical themes promote the airing of her own dirty laundry to oil conversations on seemingly difficult subjects. Her work follows real life social experiments that she embarks upon with genuine genius intrigue and wholehearted, fearless gusto.
Previous works include her award winning debut work “Sex Idiot” where she re-traced a STI back to its origins, the scientific drinking experiment “7 Day Drunk” that investigated if alcohol was good for creativity, and the moving, participatory hit “Mega” which regressed its listeners back to 9 years old. Her current Fringe First winning show “Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model” follows her journey to create an alternative pop star with her 9 year old niece Taylor to counteract the sexualised tween pop offer.
