Show Pony
still hungry
Germany
Circus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show Pony is the new autobiographical piece by Berlin-based circus company still hungry, in collaboration with British performance maker Bryony Kimmings.

A candid look at a life on stage and the painful moment when the stage no longer wants you, Show Pony brings past, present and an imagined future together as three women try to decide how they can go on, or if they should go on at all.

Packed full of love, laughter and lunacy, Show Pony by still hungry is a joyful scream into the face of the patriarchy that challenges us to question our prejudices towards age and femininity, on stage and off.

Show Pony blends text based storytelling with circus disciplines including straps, vertical rope, contortion and object manipulation. What initially appears to be a look behind the scenes of the circus industry transforms into open-heart surgery, a brutally honest confrontation with childhood conditioning, growing older and the importance of friendship.

INFO

Show Duration: 60min
Audience Suitability: 12+
Stage Size: Min 8m x 10m / 6m height, 1-2 hanging points
Touring Party: 4

BOOKING CONTACT:
Claudius Bensch

CREDITS

Created by: still hungry & Bryony Kimmings
Performers: Lena Ries, Anke van Engelshoven, Romy Seibt
Sound Design and Original Music: Tom Parkinson
Choreography: Sarah Blanc
Produced by: Chamäleon Berlin & still hungry
Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR

PRAISE FOR

Show Pony
"A mixture of relentlessly candid biographical stories and circus tricks… The show is an almost therapeutic examination of the problems that older women have to contend with in the entertainment industry"
Arte Journal
"The three performers daringly embarked on a biographical way of working that is familiar from post-dramatic performance… With Show Pony, the Chamäleon’s goal of distancing the circus from the environment of conventional, commercial entertainment succeeds."
Nachtkritik
"Raven, a play about having children and being a mother, was created in 2019 – just as self-critical and socially critical as Show Pony, which is now even more unabashedly autobiographical. A must-see!"
Berliner Morgenpost