Meet the artists ↗︎ Courtney Deyn and ↗︎ Jacob Samuel behind the company ↗︎ BULLYACHE in a talk about their performance ↗︎ TOM — on class and queerness and much more — this Wednesday at noon — sharp! The conversation is led by Tine Semb, the founder and organiser of the queer platform Karmaklubb*.  We will serve pastries and coffee! And there will be flowers. Where: Black Box teater, Foyer. Address: Marstrandgata 8, Oslo. FREE <3 Part of ↗︎ Oslo Internasjonale Teaterfestival 2024. Further information about the conversation, ↗︎ here. Daily report by Grace Tabea Tenga for Black Box teater ↗︎ here. NB: Watch the show the following times at the Store Scene (Grand Stage): Tuesday, 12 March, 21:00–22:10 and/or Wednesday, 13 March, 19:30–20:40. Tickets ↗︎ here. ↗︎ Read the article in BLIKK (Armann Kippersund, 11 March 2024).

We are honoured. Much gratitude to Black Box teater, Oslo for inviting and giving us this opportunity.

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We cannot take credit for the show itself, but it is’s for sure worth sharing. Enjoy!

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A holding room, participants wait.
A pageant is about to begin.
No call time, perpetual purgatory. Blending the myth of Orpheus with the British unemployment office, TOM is a vertigo-inducing pop-culture collision of working class and queer expression. With self-produced live music, dance, theater and visual arts, TOM draws on influences from drag, pop ballads, rave culture, and TikTok to investigate notions of gender identity and power. Six performers draw on their real-life experiences of being a world champion gymnast, backing dancers for Dua Lipa and Kylie, NDT and Akram Khan, legendary voguers, ballroom dancers, and B-boys.

BULLYACHE and cast burst into song, they fight, fuck, live, laugh, and love, dissecting the heavy price of being in a world that demands too much. BULLYACHE is an artist duo working with music, performance and choreography, making working class, queer reconstructions of classical texts through the lens of a pop music video. The duo, founded by friends and artists Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel, is currently one of the UK’s most sought-after up-and-coming artists.

Co-directors: Jacob Samuel & Courtney Deyn. Rehearsal director: ↗︎ Oscar Li. Production: ↗︎ Valentina Vela for Artsadmin. Management: Dora Limfer. Lighting design: ↗︎ Laurie Loads. Costume design: ↗︎ Jordan Sherman. Performers: Courtney Deyn, ↗︎ Yen-Ching Lin, ↗︎ Boston Gallacher, ↗︎ James Callego Olivo, ↗︎ Lewis Walker, ↗︎ Belen Leroux. Supported by: Arts Council England, Sound and Music, Britten Pears, Genesis Foundation, PRS, Fabric, and The Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement. Developed with support from Artsadmin LAB.