Running Time: 20 min Short Film

Age: 16+  Contains nudity

 

Starring Laura Murphy as herself amidst the failing performance of Western civilisation, A Spectacle of Herself charts a cosmic voyage through performance, probing into space and outer space, and taking up space – on your screens and in your lives.

 

Slicing herself into appropriately sized, appropriately seasoned, appropriately inappropriate portions, Laura navigates in the footsteps of spectacle maker Bridget Jones, asking is she ‘too much’ ? Is she ‘not enough’? Or can you love her just as she is? 

 

Following on from Laura’s debut solo Contra, A Spectacle of Herself is a performance film emerging from research into a new live work. Interrogating themes around virtuosity, autobiography, identity, and the spectacularized body, A Spectacle of Herself draws on Laura’s doctoral research which investigates aerial work’s potential as a critically engaged practice and its use as a vehicle for social and political propaganda. 

 

Performed and written by Laura Murphy 

Theatre Director: Ursula Martinez

Lip Sync Consultant: Dickie Beau

Art Director: Nicole A’Court-Stuart 

Film Director, Edit and 1st Camera: Holly Black, Black Bark Films

2nd Camera: Aphra Evans

Sound: Jo Barker and Nicole A’Court-Stuart

 

Produced by Nicole A’Court-Stuart for ContraProject

Commissioned by Cologne Circus and Dance Festival and The Lowry, Salford. 

Supported by Arts Council England 

 

Regrettably access the 1st floor of the Island is by stairs only, making the gallery space inaccessible to wheelchair users. We apologise if this prevents you from attending the screening, if this is the case please do get in touch with tickets@bristolcircuscity.com to get access to watch the film online.