Hello Bodies! After a decade of playing within her spiritual access point and avatar – Betty Grumble – performance artist Emma Maye Gibson returns...

Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t

Location:

1/2 Locomotive St
Sydney 2015
Australia

Venue:
Eveleigh Works
Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t (2022)
Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t (2022)

Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

Hello Bodies! After a decade of playing within her spiritual access point and avatar – Betty Grumble – performance artist Emma Maye Gibson returns Grumble from whence she came, performing an unfurling of the eco-feminist seeping carapace that gave her a way to heal, feel and defy the damn enemies of grooviness that keep, her, them, you, all of us down.

This show is a self-reflective, regenerative dive into the compost bin of making and moving. Bowing to the powers of Grief and Love Energy, Rage Energy, Hope Energy and F*ck Energy, Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh*t! is poetry, tribute, a rock n roll performance art collision, love scene and revenge fantasy. 

You are invited into a sensual, surreal and sublime experience of an all singing, dancing, howling and loving cabaret du Sex Clown. An unshaming dance and a chance to allow ourselves to be seen. Will it be fun? Hell, yes!  

“Funny, filthy, deeply felt, unapologetic, full-frontal.... She reclaims pleasure and joy as a pathway to catharsis, and parallels the personal with the political.” – Time Out 

"Transformative and WILD. See Grumble" – Peaches 
 
WARNING Strictly 18+
Energetic Considerations: Strobe, Incense burning, Loud music, Full Frontal Nudity, Death, Grief, Sex Scenes, Love energy, Rage energy, Discussion of Violence and sexual violence, Hope energy and more full frontal de-clothed body! 
We acknowledge the power to be able to speak truth to power and invite you to take care of yourself and your stories within this work.
 
Creator: Emma Maye Gibson
Performers: Betty Grumble & Megana Holliday
Lighting Design and Operator: Alex Torney          
Dramaturg/Art Doula: Victoria Spence
Original Dramaturgical Team: Dr Vivienne Linsley, Dr Annie Sprinkle, Charlotte Farrell
Costume Design: Matthew Stegh and Haus of Helmutti   
Sound Design: Betty Grumble and stereogamous
Pussy Flag Design: Ms Saffaa
Producer: Thom Smyth // Performing Lines
Produced by Performing Lines.

Presented in association with Eveleigh Works and 107 Projects.

This project is supported by the NSW Government through Destination NSW and Create NSW; the City of Sydney; and was originally supported by The Red Rattler Theatre.
 

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Access and Inclusion

  • Auslan Interpreted - Auslan interpreted events are for audiences who are Deaf and use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their primary means of communication. Experienced Auslan theatre interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the speakers are saying or Auslan signing the text and dialogue live. Audiences requiring this service are seated in the section closest to the interpreter to ensure good sightlines.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.