Cambridge
Mumford Theatre
Dates/Times: Saturday 4th November 7.30PM, Monday 6th November 7.30PM
Tickets: £12.50, £10.50 concessions, £8.50 student, further discounts for Anglia Ruskin university students
Book Now: go to the Mumford Theatre website
Sheffield
Theatre Delicatessen
Dates/Times: Thursday 9th November - Saturday 11th November, 7.30PM each night
Tickets: £12, £10 concessions
Book Now: go to the Theatre Delicatessen website
Weston-Super-Mare
Tropicana
Dates/Times: Thursday 16th November - Saturday 18th November, 7.30PM each night
Tickets: £14, £10 concessions
Book Now: go to the ticket agent's website
London
Ovalhouse
Dates/Times: Wednesday 22nd November - Saturday 2nd December, 7.30PM each night
no show Sunday 26th or Monday 27th November
Tickets: £15, £10 concessions, £9 for people aged 25 and under
Book Now: go to the Ovalhouse website
Introduction
“One of the most important pieces of theatre you’ll see this year”
– The Independent
Breaking through stigma and stereotypes, the Sex Worker's Opera is a multimedia production written and performed by Sex Workers and their friends.
With music spanning Opera to ‘Hip-Hopera’, incorporating sound art, projections and poetry, it offers an unflinchingly honest, upliftingly human insight into the lives of Sex Workers around the world.
“You say that sex is all you see, well then I think you see me in 2D because the actual reality is a mosaic blur – a tapestry.”
– Anon. Sex Worker
The most recent production at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington, in May 2016 saw standing ovations every night, glowing press coverage and social media on fire. The show ran for 2 hours with a cast, crew and mini-orchestra of 24.
Created through a series of workshops run by XX (Experimental Experience theatre company), featuring over 60 stories sent in from around the world, and a cast and crew of at least 50% Sex Workers, this is a rare opportunity to hear stories from a hidden and misrepresented world from the workers themselves.
“Slaps tropes round the face with a PVC glove”
– TimeOut
It is an ongoing project, with stories still coming in as text, video or audio interviews from individuals and grassroots groups from places such as India, Argentina, Ukraine, Taiwan. The show has already been invited to showcase in Amsterdam and there are plans to take the process to New York, Thailand, Australia and beyond to develop local shows there.
“Will no doubt leave you laughing and crying in equal measure”
– LatinoLife
