7 – 10 September
Hands up who’s bored of white people making sentimental autobiographical solo shows that use direct address, spoken-word, and gritty clichéd accounts of other people’s struggles for the entertainment of the middle classes.
… Whoops.
Armed with pick n mix, politics and UK Garage, Holly Beasley-Garrigan wants to talk about the fetishisation of the feral female. OPAL FRUITS is about class, nostalgia and five generations of women from one council estate in South London. An anarchic reimagining of the self-congratulatory solo show and a wry interrogation of faux-working-class cultural trends.
OPAL FRUITS is Holly’s debut solo show. It’s just undergone significant redevelopment with a new and expanded creative team. The show explores what it means to be an artist who grew up in poverty… to have a stake in two worlds but to feel as though you don’t really fit into either.
In 1998 Opal Fruits changed their name to – we don’t say that name here. It was all downhill.
- Venue: The Weston Studio
- £8 Open Concession | £12 Standard | £20 Pay It Forward | Save up to 25% with the new Studio Multi-Buy Offer
- Ages 16+
Photo credit: Jai Bansuri
