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Pussy (Tight Theatre / Free Festival)

By | Published on Saturday 22 August 2015

Pussy

‘Pussy’ is an alternative physical theatre piece about feminism, the male gaze and the media representation of women. Possibly the most avant-garde show to grace the free festival circuit, this is definitely not for everyone (twenty minutes in audience members were walking out). The five young actors vehemently reject the notion that women should be “ladylike”, with sixty minutes of onstage masturbation and shrieking. By attacking the Destiny’s Child song ‘Cater 2 U’, the ensemble ridicules the way the media tells women to put the needs of men before their own, and the heteronormativity of chart music. However, the usefulness of ‘Pussy’ as a piece of feminist theatre is massively limited by the lack of discussion of intersectionality.

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