Directed by Gail Babb and S Ama Wray
About the show
Meet Mrs: an old lady who goes into outer space… in search of her own orgasm. Isn’t that where all orgasms go?
Her quest is sparked by three encounters: a young neighbour who discloses a secret, an old friend whoreveals she is intersex, and a would-be lesbian lover in a launderette who offers Mrs two drops of her own pressed lavender and a smile that says, ‘I handle delicates with care’.
Performed by one woman anda live DJ, with projected animations, we join in an old woman’s search for herlost orgasm, spanning across outer space, with dustings of African mythologyand folklore in an unabashedly queer, feminist rallying call. STARS is asensitive and joyful show about desire, touch and reclaiming your pleasure.
Featuring music by Sun Ra, Jamila Woods, Floating Points, and more. And on two late nights in London, the space transforms into a celebratory club night after the show, with multiple DJs and accessible forall.
A ‘concept album on stage’,the experimental and expansive STARS is written by internationally acclaimed theatremaker, artist and Alfred Fagon award-winner Mojisola Adebayo (Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey (Lyric Hammersmith), Muhammad Ali and Me (Ovalhouse), Oranges and Stones (Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah), Desert Boy (Albany Theatre), The Listeners (Pegasus Theatre), I Stand Corrected (Artscape, South Africa),The Interrogation of Sandra Bland (Bush Theatre), Wind / Rush Generation(s) (National Theatre) and Nothello (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry).
With direction by Gail Babb and S. Ama Wray, musical direction by Debo Adebayo, projected animation by Candice Purwin, design by Miriam Nabarro, creative captioning by Stephen Lloyd and lighting design by Nao Nagai.
STARS is a Tamasha and Institute of Contemporary Arts Co-Production
