Contra by Laura Murphy

Drawing from circus, stand-up and live art, Contra is a solo-cabaret of contradictions. Fierce, witty and uncompromising, this highly physical show interrogates personal, social and historical occupations of the female body and explores, literally, where such bodies are positioned and how we are meant to look at them. Expect scenes of nudity, aerial acrobatics, and explicit references to mythical reptiles and female sexuality.

Laura Murphy is a genre-defying queer performance maker from Bristol who makes text-driven and dynamic physical work about things that she thinks need to be talked about. Her work is cross-disciplinary fusion of theatre, live art, aerial choreography, dance and verbal explosions, which integrates intimacy and spectacle. Contra was directed by alt cabaret legend Ursula Martinez.

Laura is a CircusNext Laureate 2018-19 (circusnext is a European circus label supported by the European Union) and holds a PhD in Aerial performance as critical performance from the University of Sheffield.

Age guidance - 18+  Contains nudity, strong language and frank discussions of sex and the body.

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