Class Act
Thu 17 May – Sat 19 May, 8:00pm
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.
Ovalhouse
Palm To Palm - The Art of Holding Hands
By Louise Brodie
By Louise Brodie.
Would you hold hands with me? Not because you love me, or because you must take care of me, or because I'm in distress. Would you hold hands with me just because I asked you to?
- Thu 24 May – Sat 26 May, 8:00pm
Venue: Upstairs
Please note that, regrettably, the upstairs theatre is not currently accessible for wheelchair users.
Would you hold hands with me? Not because you love me, or because you must take care of me, or because I'm in distress. Would you hold hands with me just because I asked you to?
Join Louise as she invites you to take part in her daily challenge - To hold someone's hand for 30 minutes. Louise is doing this everyday in 2012 and for a few nights at the Ovalhouse she will attempted to create a theatrical journey that explores her discovery of Britain's touch-deprived culture.
Palm To Palm - The Art of Holding Hands is produced by Ovalhouse
- Thu 24 May – Sat 26 May, 8:00pm
- Fri 25 May – Sun 27 May, 8:00pm
- Sat 26 May – Mon 28 May, 8:00pm
Additional information
Palm To Palm 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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