7th May, 8th May & 9th May
Ladies and Gentlethem - Feeling a little upset?
Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn’t work? Try The City for Incurable Women!
Paris, 1880s. In a psychiatric hospital, female patients performed ‘hysteria’ for the public. The doctors went to extraordinary lengths to prove their theories about the four stages of madness.
International theatre-collective, fish in a dress, follows the thread of the history of hysteria as the audience becomes complicit in an outrageous tale of medical misogyny.
(Warning: hysteria cure not included)
Devised by fish in a dress.
Cast: Charlotte McBurney
Director: Christina Deinsberger
Writer: Helena McBurney
Design: Vanessa Sampaio Borgmann
Sound: Bella Kear
Futures Festival is a Pay What You Can Event, with 100% of the box office going directly towards supporting the artists and the work you see on stage. We invite you to consider what you might typically spend on a show, and choose the highest tier you feel comfortable with - every pound helps us champion new voices and bold ideas.
This show is part of Futures Festival, a work-in-process festival curated by Pleasance Associate Artists. Each artist presents a week of work around a theme relevant to them and the work they are making.
This show is part of the week The Future Is HETEROSEXUAL curated by piss/ CARNATION. A week of shows exploring queer futurity, family, and erotics.
Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn’t work? Try The City for Incurable Women!
Paris, 1880s. In a psychiatric hospital, female patients performed ‘hysteria’ for the public. The doctors went to extraordinary lengths to prove their theories about the four stages of madness.
International theatre-collective, fish in a dress, follows the thread of the history of hysteria as the audience becomes complicit in an outrageous tale of medical misogyny.
(Warning: hysteria cure not included)
Devised by fish in a dress.
Cast: Charlotte McBurney
Director: Christina Deinsberger
Writer: Helena McBurney
Design: Vanessa Sampaio Borgmann
Sound: Bella Kear
Futures Festival is a Pay What You Can Event, with 100% of the box office going directly towards supporting the artists and the work you see on stage. We invite you to consider what you might typically spend on a show, and choose the highest tier you feel comfortable with - every pound helps us champion new voices and bold ideas.
This show is part of Futures Festival, a work-in-process festival curated by Pleasance Associate Artists. Each artist presents a week of work around a theme relevant to them and the work they are making.
This show is part of the week The Future Is HETEROSEXUAL curated by piss/ CARNATION. A week of shows exploring queer futurity, family, and erotics.
Access Tickets
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