To give its full title is The 'strictly-come-dine-with-the-voice-of-big-brother-in-the-dragons-den' factor, but for me, and the actor playing the announcer, it would appear this title is too long. We'll go with the Reality factor.
basically this play is about a spoof reality tv show encompassing every other reality you've ever seen but taking it to the last degree by setting it in a PoW camp and having a firing squad shoot the contestants who lose the daily public vote. Its a satire on trash tv and to be honest very, very clever. There are 6 characters supposed to represent different niches within the population and played so very stereotypically- theres a gay guy, a chinese woman, a single working class mum, an attractive wannabe wag, a gym freak and representing the lunatic fringe- a vegan naturist.
At the start of the play it almost comes as a shock when 'Dr Earth' the vegan/naturist makes his entrance, the actor (i didnt catch his name) is very comfortable with his rather skinny physique and very comfortable with his nudity. Must say its a very brave part to play as none of the other show much skin, with the exception of the wag in her skimpy top and skirt.
Over the course of the play elements from all the main UK reality shows take place, as well as typical torture devices one may find in a real PoW camp including a rack, waterboard and stocks. for fans of cfnm this play is a fantastic spectacle as for the next hour Dr Earth performs some pretty intense seens with his female co-stars. He is the dance partner of Kelly - the low class single mum, he also ha some nice interactions with both miss china and 'perfect Anna'. On top of this he is also made to lend a hand at the various "torture" parts of the show including tickling miss china's feet when she has her ankles in the stocks and stretching perfect anna on the rack. its a good job they didnt cast an actor with a foot fetish or bdsm tendencies as it could have got very embarrassing for the man with his penis on show if he'd started to get aroused.
After the cast is one by one executed and it comes down to the last 2 the fourth wall is broken with a tirade of abuse towards us (in effect the tv audience) for their love of trash tv - very poignant and so very ture to be honest. A great play, with a very brave nude character.
I caught this at an advance screening in Edinburgh, the company will take it around the fringe festivals, very worthwhile seeing and a potential future west end show.
Monday 22 July 2013
Monday 8 July 2013
'In Red' Perfromance
In Red is a beautiful piece by Russian artist Thiana. it's been performed at various different exhibition spaces and galleries with different models, sometimes male/sometimes female. I'm not sure if she's ever done 2 models at once- that would be a nice twist.
The premise is a model lays naked on the floor as Thiana paints their body using her head as the paint brush and her hair as the bristles. When I first saw this performed it was with a female model and it was incredibly intimate. Thiana did not hold back at all rubbing her head into every part of the models body until she was covered in paint.
After the performanceThiana spoke candidly to everyone about the piece, my girlfriend asked her if she ever used a male model to which she replied yes- she prefered working with a male model. I imagined this would be fantastic to do as a model but also remarked its a very intimate and perhaps erotic piece- surely a male model would be unable to control an erection as she dragged her hair across his penis. She said the models she'd had in the past had been very professional and that it hadn't been an issue. She also invited us to her next perfromance, at a University, in which she would be using a male model. We accepted the invitation.
The set up was exactly the same, the model lay naked on the floor as the crowd gathered around him. It was a very small room and very cosy. Thiana got to work on his body, dragging her hair across his face and chest, rubbing in hard against him as he lay naked on the floor. It was beautiful to watch, very sensuous and as the minutes passed she worked her way down his body to his penis. With no hesitation she threw her hair across him and burrowed her head into his groin. I must admit I was impressed by the models ability to stay soft, he did not appear to show any arousal at all. 20 minutes laying naked on a floor with 100 or so sets of eyes watching a sexy artist drag her hair across his body, fair play to the man.
After the performance Thiana and the model, Gary, again spent time with the crowd. Happy to answer questions and explain the preformance. Gary inevitably was his "do you not find it a turn on?" and jokingy, "is everything in working order down there?" To which he replied his girlfriend - who was a spectator, would have "murdered him". If this was the case then kudos to the man, certainly has more control than me as you can see from the photos.
The premise is a model lays naked on the floor as Thiana paints their body using her head as the paint brush and her hair as the bristles. When I first saw this performed it was with a female model and it was incredibly intimate. Thiana did not hold back at all rubbing her head into every part of the models body until she was covered in paint.
After the performanceThiana spoke candidly to everyone about the piece, my girlfriend asked her if she ever used a male model to which she replied yes- she prefered working with a male model. I imagined this would be fantastic to do as a model but also remarked its a very intimate and perhaps erotic piece- surely a male model would be unable to control an erection as she dragged her hair across his penis. She said the models she'd had in the past had been very professional and that it hadn't been an issue. She also invited us to her next perfromance, at a University, in which she would be using a male model. We accepted the invitation.
The set up was exactly the same, the model lay naked on the floor as the crowd gathered around him. It was a very small room and very cosy. Thiana got to work on his body, dragging her hair across his face and chest, rubbing in hard against him as he lay naked on the floor. It was beautiful to watch, very sensuous and as the minutes passed she worked her way down his body to his penis. With no hesitation she threw her hair across him and burrowed her head into his groin. I must admit I was impressed by the models ability to stay soft, he did not appear to show any arousal at all. 20 minutes laying naked on a floor with 100 or so sets of eyes watching a sexy artist drag her hair across his body, fair play to the man.
After the performance Thiana and the model, Gary, again spent time with the crowd. Happy to answer questions and explain the preformance. Gary inevitably was his "do you not find it a turn on?" and jokingy, "is everything in working order down there?" To which he replied his girlfriend - who was a spectator, would have "murdered him". If this was the case then kudos to the man, certainly has more control than me as you can see from the photos.
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