“As a friend said to me before. Better to stick to what you know. So there’ll be flesh in the nude, testosterone raving, beats pulsing, man power struggling, Masculinity refining, Femininity re-finding all in an attempt to go further down the skin of the (im-)perfect Male Body. Mine will exposed, objectified, sanctified. Theirs will be exposed, analyzed, manipulated, restricted, rectified. (Wo)-Men & Me might be a way to reconcile myself with the dark side of Body Perfection”. Going further to examining constructs of the (im-)perfect male body, Director/Dancer Tonny A. returns to the Blue Elephant Theatre with these 2 new dance performances which look at defining and redefining masculinity:
In AR-Men, the Mad Scientist uses 2 similarly built young ‘Lab Rats’ in an attempt to create a new race beyond existing definitions.
Women in Me sees Tonny A being danced by a series of Women’s songs in an attempt to re-access the feminine within himself (read more).
Dates: Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 June
Time: 8pm
Tickets: £8 (conc. £7, Southwark residents £6)
Venue: Blue Elephant Theatre, 59a Bethwin Rd, Camberwell, London, SE5 0XT (entrance on Thompson Ave)
Nearest tube: Oval (Northern Line)
To Book: call 020 7701 0100 (24h Box-Office line) or Click here
