The ugly bugs are throwing a party and you're all invited!
Join us for an experimental night of performances and brand new ideas slithering into shape from an incredible line-up of pole dance artists and friends!
PESTS: The Ugly Bugs Peepshow has brought together the most talented and creative sexy-stick-crawlers to ask the questions:
• What is “UGLY”?
• What is “SEXY”?
• How many legs is too many legs?
• Will we ever meet THE MEGABUG??
Buckle up for shenanigans and hilarity at Venus Pole Studio and join us to watch new art crawl, slink and totter into the world! Audience are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to attend in your sexiest bug costume and get involved, or equally welcome to be flies on the walls* (*seating will be on the floor.)
FEATURING:
Multi-competition-winning international pole dance superstar and heart of the Venus Pole Studio constellation Kelly Vee!
Interdisciplinary powerhouse of martial arts, pole magic and stigma-busting pro-domme fierceness Lady Black Venus In Furs!
Slinky, kinky pole artist, musician, multidisciplinary creative and disability advocate George Lou Bon!
TUNES by the electro-synth lovechild of Victoria Wood and Gary Numan, joining us from the cabaret underworld it's the one and only Laurie Black!
Headline performance by the UK's flexi favourite and internationally touring, boundary-pushing pole movement artist Callum Stevens!
MC'd by your very own pole comedy witch, now infamous as the pole dancing seagull on Britain's Got Talent - Siân Docksey!
🐜FREE ENTRY!🐜 8.30pm on Saturday May 24th at Venus Pole London, Unit 24 The Ivories, 6-18 Northampton Street N1 2HY.
PESTS: The Ugly Bugs Peepshow is presented by QUEER NATURES, an interdisciplinary art and academic research project led by Dr Ina Linge at the University of Exeter. QUEER NATURES explores ideas of desirability, queerness, and LGBTQ+ history, literature and activism through collaborations with artists across disciplines. Siân Docksey is an artist in residence on the project, bringing together her practice as a pole dance artist, comedian and creative producer to get these concepts in a sexy bug costume and on a stick.
Seating is limited so make sure to reserve your space so you're on the list! Audience will be seated on the studio floor, if you have any concerns about mobility that would make this difficult let us know in advance so we can save you a space on a sofa or chair.
Accessibility info: the studio is up three flights of stairs, with a lift in the building with a wheelchair ramp for accessibility. Please note that entry from the lift to the studio space itself has 3 small steps which may impede wheelchair users - let us know in advance if you have concerns or would like to request assistance with entering the space.
This work is supported by the University of Exeter and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, in collaboration with Flock South West.