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Thursday
13th March
MY BEAUTIFUL BLACK DOG (SOLD OUT)
7.30pm,
£10
Brigitte Aphrodite is a punk poet, musician, theatre
maker and feminist showgirl. With her band she has played Leeds and
Reading Festivals, Bestival, Latitude, Kendal Calling and supported
Kate Nash and Josie Long on extensive UK tours. Brigitte's debut studio
album is due for release in 2017 to coincide with the return of her
self-penned , acclaimed musical My Beautiful Black
Dog which debuted at the Bush Theatre, London in 2014 and has
featured on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, The Guardian, Times Culture,
Glamour, Red and Elle magazine and gained a cult following online
under the hashtag #MBBD. Brigitte is a proud mentor for youth
charity, Arts Emergency. She has facilitated workshops for many
young people and invented the sport Frunning (a mix of running and
dancing!). The show, has had successful runs and achieved sell out
at the Edinburgh fringe festival, the Southbank Centre & the
Tom Thumb and is BACK bigger and better than ever before.
Gig
meets theatre meets depression meets a tidal wave of glitter!
My
Beautiful Black Dog is a piece of electrifying gig-theatre for
people interested in music, comedy, poetry, theatre, and interested
in the difficult and beauteous complexity of our mental health.
?A
poetically wild musical about depression, but it's not depressing
it's hopeful (I hope?) I believe in hope!'
?Black
Dog is what Winston Churchill used to call his depression? I
have a beautiful black dog and I called her Creshendorious.'
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