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Power Ballad at Battersea Arts Centre

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Time 21:00
Date 28/06/18
Price £12.5

With an 80s soundtrack to rival any school disco, Power Ballad is anarchic, loud and filled with feminist rage and Annie Lennox.

Running from: Thu 28 - Sat 30 Jun.

'I am looking for a language which exists outside the patriarchal definitions. Of course that is not possible. But who is any longer interested in the possible.' - Kathy Acker.

Power Ballad is an angry, feminist, live art investigation of language and its sometimes hidden ideologies. Part performance lecture, part karaoke party, Power Ballad deconstructs gendered linguistic histories and rips apart contemporary language to find a new articulation of pleasure, anger and femaleness.

Performed to critical acclaim in new Zealand, Melbourne Perth and as part of the 2017 Summerhall programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award for emerging company/artist.

'A brilliant mash-up of flesh, sonics and text.' ★★★★★ - The List

'An astonishing performance.' ★★★★ - The Herald Scotland

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