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Class Act

By Harry Giles

By Harry Giles.

We're all in it together. We're all middle class now. Class politics is dead. Class war is over. Class Act is a cutting and irreverent take on these and other lies.

This event is part of the OUTLAWS season
  • Thu 17 May – Sat 19 May, 8:00pm

Venue: Upstairs

Please note that, regrettably, the upstairs theatre is not currently accessible for wheelchair users.

We're all in it together. We're all middle class now. Class politics is dead. Class war is over. Class Act is a cutting and irreverent take on these and other lies.

Part performance, part workshop, part series of games, and part blazing argument, Class Act is an interactive entertainment variety looking at where we come from, what that means, and what you're going to do about it.

Devised and performed by Harry Giles, a theatre-maker and poet working in participatory theatre and political engagement.

Class Act is produced by Ovalhouse

  • Thu 17 May – Sat 19 May, 8:00pm
  • Fri 18 May – Sun 20 May, 8:00pm
  • Sat 19 May – Mon 21 May, 8:00pm

Additional information

Class Act is an Ovalhouse Counter-Culture Commission.

Inspired by Ovalhouse's history of radical and activist performance, these seed commissions investigate what counter-culture could mean today. Is it possible to be an outsider in a society priding itself on inclusivity? Who gets to be counter-cultural? And who gets to decide?

This mini-season of works-in-progress marks the beginning of an exploration that will grow into a Counter-Culture season sometime in 2013.

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