The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein [USA/UK]:
NOTORIOUS
TRAMWAY [T1], GLASGOW directions
Sat 11 May 2019
7.00pm  //  90mins  // £15/£10
16+ (contains nudity)

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Followed by TMS x PUSH IT Party at Stereo, City Centre.

Presented by Take Me Somewhere and Outspoken Arts

ACCESS: BSL interpreted by Yvonne Strain / Hearing Loop / all TMS venues are wheelchair accessible.

The Famous will also take part in two special industry events during the festival: the LIVE ART LUNCH (12 May) and a presentation of her WITCH-B*TCH RESEARCH PAPER (25 May).

The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein plunges into the ghostly underworld of popular culture, examining the myth of Medusa, Nicki Minaj and her own legendary self(ie), to interrogate pop culture’s take on the female monster, blurring the lines between live art, dance and theatre.

A pioneer in the field of performance and live art, Holstein’s irreverent blend of music, dance and witch-b*tch ritual searches for redemption in the face of promiscuity. Combining pop culture with striking physically embodied visuals, The Famous continues to take risks with this new interdisciplinary performance following on from Splat! which sold out at the Barbican in 2013.

www.thefamousomg.com

“Holstein’s shows are a riot of shameless showmanship and live-art provocation”
— TIME OUT
Notorious Created by The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein Trailer by Claire Nolan and Charlie Cauchi Associate Artist Krista Vuori Collaborators/Performers Krista Vuori and Brogan Davison Design by David Curtis-Ring Produced by Sally Rose Development by In Company Collective Lighting design by Martin Langthorne Production Manager Hannah Moore Company Stage Manager Ema Boswood Company Production Assistant Lóa Björk Dramaturg Eirini Kartsaki Commissioned by Fierce and Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. Supported using public funds by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and by PACT Zollverein, Kone Foundation and the Barbican. @TheFamousLBH #TheFamousLBH #Notorious www.thefamousomg.com
Blurring the lines between live art, dance, theatre and fine art, The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein explores representations of women, looking at ways in which social media and consumerism have redefined how we relate to the female body, one’s ‘true self’ and public shaming. In this irreverent phenomenon of music, dance and ‘witch-bitch’ ritual, The Famous plunges into the ghostly underworld of popular culture, seeking, as she puts it, ‘the real me, the pure me, behind this soiled shroud of promiscuity.’ Pulling from the myth of Medusa, Nicki Minaj and her own legendary self(ie), The Famous examines pop culture’s take on the ‘female monster’. Expect visual overload and risk-taking from this raw, timely and uncomfortably hilarious interdisciplinary performance.

Images: Tim Fluck and Manuel Vason
Video: Claire Nolan and Charlie Cauchi