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provoked 2 madness by the brutality of wealth at northern stage

Dates: (1/10/2021 )

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northern stage


Northern Stage Barras Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 7RH
newcastle upon tyne, ne1 7rh

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gobscure presents provoked 2 madness by the brutality of wealthin a hostel after our worst sectioning a 'support worker' refused to help, saying 'what dya need books for yr homeless?'. this shows our revenge. thirteen years of reading, graduating from the open university in 2016. this highly visual performance is all about asking questions, regaining voice, 'rewriting the future.' we kick the bucket, demonstrate how red tape saves lives, ask is the money happy?, discuss whether its us or the govern-mentals who are the bigger criminals, finally estate-agent plastic gets turned into a wee home lit by a book : housing is a human right. theres crime-scene tape for all and an online map to post your own crime-scene tape creative resistances on. come love&rage with us on this national toursupported by BOOST: the Third Angel Mentoring Scheme in association with Sheffield Theatres; CPT seed commission; Arc Stockton residency; art of protest : Bethlem Gallery group exhibition & Museum of Homelessness associateship. funded by Arts Council EnglandAlex Kelly of Third Angel is collaborator / outside-eye director'a moving, powerful, eloquent show.' Slung Lowdizzying and hypnotic, cutting edge social commentary, part creative resistance and part performance. ... gobscures lived experience powerfully shows how personal and political play out. spellbinding Museum of Homelessness 'intelligent, unsettling & entertaining in equal measure.' DAO review https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/gobscure-reframes-personal-stories-to-create-a-bigger-picture-in-their-latest-show/a voice rarely heard, if ever, in theatre. it is complex and at times dazzling.''cardboard citizens on our previous work

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