Thursday at Up After Dark Festival!
Line Up:
18:30
Posey Mehta: Asking For It (WIP)
Posey Mehta is a submissive and a masochist. And they are asking for things they have no legal right to ask for. You must decide whether to give them what they want, even if that means breaking the law.
In this powerful protest against the Spanner Ruling and the 2021 Domestic Violence Act, Mehta submits their body to the audience and invites them to hurt it. What follows is a surprisingly tender and wholesome dismantling of so many of the tired stereotypes that exist around kink.
Following in the tradition of--but ultimately subverting--Marina Abramovic's Rhythm 0 and Yoko Ono's Cut Piece, this work-in-progress experiment offers a window into a world where violence isn't cruelty, but care.
20:00
Niall Moorjani: Brand New Queer Folk Tales
Join the critically acclaimed and multi award winning Niall Moorjani as they go back to their stripped back storytelling roots and perform a series of brand new and original queer folk tales. Think stories round a camp fire (emphasis on the camp), but very much for adults, there will be changelings, selkies, sexy witches and gods a plenty in a night which will be legendary and mythic in equal measure.
Praise for Niall’s work:
“Storytelling genius” ***** The Scotsman
“Storytelling at its finest” ***** The Skinny
“A voice like honey” ***** Broadway World
“A wonder of the storytelling genre” ***** Binge Fringe
“Spellbinding” ***** Lost in Theatreland
Winner of the Scotsman Fringe First Award