Finishing up the initial R&D this week for 'Building transgressive knowledge of the body' funded by BSU & AHRC, exploring embodied knowledge & trauma-concious performance practice in collaboration with the wondrous Ri Baroche, Saili Katebe, Amy Harris & Russell Eccleston. Bring on the next stages!
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Tiffany Rhodes, Charlotte McEvoy and CJ Turner-McMullan share a hug onstage at The Wardrobe Theatre surrounded by a pink blow-up sofa, a bed with black-and-white bedsheets and badly printed Korn and Evanescence posters. They are lit by deep blue theatre lighting
The company of Let's Unpack That smile up at the camera from the stage at The Wardrobe Theatre with the word GAY!!! displayed on a rainbow background on the projector screen behind them
Technician Luke John Emmett sits on a bright pink blow-up sofa on the stage at The Wardrobe Theatre
Charlotte McEvoy and Tiffany Rhodes stand with big smiles on their faces in the dressing room of The Wardrobe Theatre, surrounded by costumes and posters of past shows
THANK YOU BRISTOL for coming to laugh, cry and rage with us last week! and thank you to @thewardrobetheatre.bsky.social for having us ❤️🔥🤟🏻
your gorgeous feedback will keep us going til we can take this show on the road again and we hope you left with some powerful messages for your younger selves 🖤
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A young white woman with bright red hair points the end of a baseball bat at someone behind the camera. She wears a glittering gold top and a jacket smeared with yellow paint
just a few places left on our BADC accredited Rapier & Dagger and Unarmed Combat Course with Russell Ecclseton coming up 21-30 July in Bath! open to pro & student actors or anyone up for gaining an industry-recognised stage combat qualification. follow the link in our bio to read more & register 👊🏻
❤️🔥 "an antidote to repression - whether that’s about sexuality, neurodiversity, body diversity or just being true to oneself"
❤️🔥 "a feminist love letter to everyone it resonates with’s inner child"
❤️🔥 "while there was a lot of humour, ultimately this show left me with tears in my eyes"
- WeLoveBrighton
Tiffany Rhodes, CJ Turner-McMullan and Charlotte McEvoy smile at the camera, sitting on a bench at Brighton Pier
thank you to The Actors and @brightonfringe.bsky.social for the best time and to everyone who came to see #LetsUnpackThat, we loved sharing our deepest darkest teenage secrets with you and reading your gorgeous notes to your younger selves ❤️🔥 keep believing them as grown-ups too!
we chatted to WeLoveBrighton about our hopes and dreams for #LetsUnpack that at #BrightonFringe! coming NEXT WEEK to The Actors 13-14th May ❤️🔥
read more here welovebrighton.com/best-of-brig... and get your tickets through the link in our bio!
Charlotte McEvoy sits behind a desk with two laptops open next to her, her head in her hands demusedly. She has short hair, snatched cheekbones, and wears dark clothing
Charlotte McEvoy sits onstage on the end of a bed, looking up toward the tech box with a smile on her face
celebrating the dreamboat that is our #SpecialEffects coordinator and vibe bringer Charlotte McEvoy on this the holiest of weeks #LesbianVisibilityWeek ❤️🔥
coming to a shady corner of a stage near you!
📅 13-14 May @ The Actors, Brighton Fringe
📅 31 Jul-1 Aug @ The Wardrobe, Bristol
🎟 Link in our bio
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Ten days after we're on at The Actors so we can't go, but no reason for anyone else in Brighton to miss it!
💙💙💙 thanks for the share @nologoplays.bsky.social! gutted this means we won't get to see yours either!
Tiffany Rhodes holds a diary high above her head with an 'oooo' expression on her face. The diary is covered in stickers saying 'danger' and 'do not enter'. The words 'Let's Unpack That' at The Wardrobe Theatre 31st July to 1st August' are written over the top in pink neon
LET'S UNPACK THAT IS COMING TO BRISTOL!! 31 July-1 Aug @thewardrobetheatre.bsky.social 🤟🏻
join Tiff Rhodes for this hilarious and harrowing glimpse into the mind of a teenage goth growing up in the 00s through the lens of her very own 2007 diary
🎟 TICKETS IN OUR BIO
Teenage Tiff pulls a black and red checked wristband on with an eyeliner pencil between her teeth and a determined look on her face
LET'S UNPACK THAT IS COMING TO BRIGHTON FRINGE 🤟🏻💥 little Tiff is on her way to smash the patriarchy and the maths homework at The Actors Theatre from 13-14th May
'made me scream with laughter but also dug itself into my soul' (audience feedback)
🎟 TICKETS IN OUR BIO
Russell is an instructor with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat and has worked with us on shows like #TheBreach and #TheresNothingThere. his choreo for Apricity's #BetweenTheArmies was described by 365 Bristol as "a baseball bat swinging, throat throttling roller coaster of a heated battle"
meet Russell Eccleston! Russell is leading our upcoming BADC accredited Raper & Dagger and Unarmed Combat course, running Mar-Apr in Bath!
BOOK NOW at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/badc-stand...
📆 29-30 Mar / 5-6 Apr / 12-13 Apr / 19-20 Apr
📍 Bath District Scouts, Bath
🪙 £300 (exam costs included)
pumped to be teaming up with our fave fight director Russell Eccleston again, this time to deliver this BADC accredited Rapier & Dagger and Unarmed Combat training 👊🏻 running across 4 weekends March-April for actors with or without prior experience. follow the 🔗 in our bio to book!
