The Pillow Book

Anyone in Brittany over the next couple of weeks should catch this new adaptation of the Pillow Book which is currently performing at the CACM in Rennais. The Pillow Book is one of my favourite films and the stage play does not dissapoint nor in any way hold back from the the sexiness of movie. If anything its far more steamier, the nude scenes are longer and the actress playing Nagiko is possibly the most stunning woman I've ever seen perform nude (taking over from sylvia camarda).

The plot follows the film to an extent but waters down a lot of the background about Nagiko's life and after a breif introduction about the characters and condensed history Jerome enters after only about 5 minutes. The dialogue follows the film (and subtitles) and its not long before we are treated to the first of many fully nude scenes between the 2 leads. Nagiko brings Jerome back to her appartment and dances seductively for him stripping away her clothes until she is fully nude. At which point she undresses Jerome realising his skin is the perfect canvass for her. Sex is implied but performed in such a way that the audience sees various poses of the 2 performers.

After sex Jerome lays asleep on the bed, completely naked. Nagiko, still naked herself, walks across the stage to her dresser and comes back with her ink and brushes. She spreads Jeromes legs and kneels in between them looking over his naked body and begins to paint on him. The silence and mood of the scene are stunning, you can sense the sexual tension in the room. My wife and I were sat in the second row and had a perfect view across Jeromes body to the lovely Nagiko and her perfect breasts. After a couple of minutes Jerome stirs and begins to wake, Nagiko convinces him to lay still as she conitunes to paint over the whole front of his body.

After about 5 minutes or so she makes him stand up as she goes to get her camera. He stands centre stage with his arms and legs spead showing beautiful calligraphy drawn all over his body. When Nagiko returns her camera is hooked up to a screen at the edge of the stage which shows her work and she seemingly can't help focus on his shaven pubic region where Nagiko has obviously spent a lot time. The detail is staggering and she has even painted a thin line down his penis. A few years ago at uni I modelled for my then girlfriend in an art project where I was bodypainted and I found it a real turn on, how the guy playing Jerome managed to stave off an erection whilst having his cock painted by a beautiful naked woman is anyones guess.

The rest of the play follows the film, Nagiko uses Jeromes body as a canvass sending him to publishers who strip him naked to read her work. The show lasts over 2 hours and I'd say there's at least an hour of full nudity with both Nagiko and Jerome throughout the play. Will keep an eye on their facebook group to see if they post any photo's or videos, really hope it takes off and tours.

Masturbation Remote

I love this show, its a play called masturbation remote and is basically about a couple in apartment who seem to have their sex lives, (as well as other aspects of their lives) ruled through a TV which doesn't ever seem to get a reception. Its funny and sexy and has 2 great looking people acting in it. The guy, Jonathon, is naked throughout the full hour long piece and seems absolutely comfortable. the girl, Talya, keeps her underwear on for the first half hour or so as she teases Jonathon but seemingly becomes more shy for the latter part of the show when she strips naked herself.

Sand

This is prt of a piece called sand, basically it involves a man and a woman stark naked on stage together in the dark using 1 solitary lightbulb to periodically illuminate certain parts of each others bodies. It lasts for almost an hour and is very sexy, the woman is absolutely gorgeous and has great curves. The guy in the piece is Vincent Morelle from Libido so he has no problems about showing off his body and appearing with beautiful women.

Montre moi ta Pina

This is a great play for cfnm, there's a great scene where the madam makes 2 guys strip off to expose their penises then begins to talk about then, laughing, pointing and stroking at them before actually grabbing them! She then continues her speach whilst pulling and playing around with their cocks in her hands, the guy on the left seems to enjoy it much more than the other guy, giving the odd smile her way. The whole scen lasts for about 10 minutes then she lets them go. I've commented on here before about guys doing sexy scenes and managing to not get an erection, this one is in the same mould, more so as it actually involves a woman playing with their cocks for a full 10 minutes whilst they're on display. the guys must be made of stone!

the Waiting Room

This is by Krystian Lupa and is currently touring across France. It's a story about a group of junkies who take drugs and have sex, there's a great scene where they are trying to film a porno with one guy and 2 girls. There's also a cool interview with some of the cast ontheir website.

I Am Curious

This is from the 2008 performance at the Edinburgh fesitval, the review was written for the Alternative Art Magazine at the time, (courtesey of Laura)

"Sometimes you attend these fringe plays with a degree of caution, anyone who knows the films will know the amount of sex and nudity involved and cetrain troupes tend not to hold back when it comes to their performance. Anyone who went along to see I Am Curious wanting to catch an eyeful of young flesh will not have been disappointed. The star 'Lena' treats us to unrestricted views of her milky skin and athletic physique for the full 2 hour run time of the show, aided by 2 actors who in turn play the parts of all the sexual partners she has had in her life, both by the way are also fully nude for the duration. The sex scenes are slow and almost too realistic but the foreplay and post sex scenes are steamy and build up an air of tension like no other similar scale production I've seen this year. For anyone familiar with the films, yes there is platting of pubic hair and kissing of a flaccid penis (though how the actor remains flaccid is anyones guess) but the most erotic moment has to be the penultimate scene in which Lena and her partner take to bodypainting each other. This is a fascinating scene and beautifully played out by the 2 young actors who seem to have no qualms about every inch of their bodies being prodded and played with and covered with paint. A joy to watch."

Between Us

I caught this in Belgium a few years back and loved it, the whole piece is perfromed by 2 women and last for about an hour and a half. at first they are both fully clothed but slowly over the piece they both take items of clothing off until they are naked. Glad to see this was now available on dvd, is great to watch. I love the bit when the pull the girl up from the audience, and there is something strangely sexy about the red tights!