A bold, cinematic, acrobatic odyssey through the frontiers of mental health, queerness, rage and the 21st Century space race, Laura Murphy presents A Spectacle of Herself – a vulnerable and deeply personal intervention into what it means to take up space, to spill out and be seen…
A Spectacle of Herself will adventure through shape shifting identities and landscapes as we join Laura on a mission to serve herself up [in]appropriately – for your consumption. With layers of autobiography, lip sync, creative captioning, video and aerial performance in Laura’s critical and cheeky signature style.
Experimental and disarmingly honest, this show could redefine what contemporary circus performance means.
Lighting Designer: Jen Roxburgh
Video Designer: Ben Glover
Film Maker: Holly Black
Production Manager: Dean Sudron
Producer: Nicole A’Court-Stuart Co-produced by: Contra Productions, Carré Magique Pôle national cirque en Bretagne & Cambridge Junction
Supported by: Jacksons Lane Theatre, La Verrerie d’Alès, La Grainerie Pôle Européen de production, Cologne Circus Dance Festival & The Invisible Circus Launchpad Scheme
Funded by: Arts Council England, Jerwood Arts & The National Centre for Circus Arts
Performance in English, with translation into Romanian
Duration: 1h
Date of premiere: 02.08.2023
Original title: A SPECTACLE OF HERSELF
Special effects: some strobe lighting, creative captioning United Kingdom The British Season
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