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Mycelial
18 TBC

Thu 26 Sep · 14:00

This September we are excited to welcome the award-winning Open Clasp to the Picture House for the first time with their first major international production.

Co-created with sex work activists from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Ireland and the UK, Mycelial was originally performed live in 2023 in association with Northern Stage before being adapted as theatre for film in 2024.

Recorded Theatre Production • Political • Provocative

Mycelial provides a reality check on assumptions the world makes of those involved in sex work. It asks audiences to step into the shoes of people who are the most disenfranchised from society, who face stigma and hate, to consider the intersectionality of sex workers who are also trans, seeking asylum, Black and other people of colour.

Supported by National Ugly Mugs and in association with Northern Stage.

After this screening we will be joined by members of the creative team involved in producing Mycelial to discuss the work and explore themes involved in the production.

Details

Duration

1hr

Director

Director Laura Lindow, Camera Direction and Editing by Katja Roberts

Distributor

Open Clasp Theatre

Featuring

Eva O’Connor • Michelle Huirama • Muire McCallion

Year

2024

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Strobe lighting

Content guidance

Racism • Violence • LGBTQIA+ discrimination

“Hard-hitting but humane look at the lives of sex workers, co-created by sex-worker activists.”
The Stage

“Mycelial portrays the distinctiveness of individual experiences in sex work and the subterranean, subculture and subrosa connectivity among sex workers, trans folx, black and brown communities a pulse or ecosystem that is felt and live but not always apparent yet ties all struggles for justice together.”
Dr Raven Bowen, CEO National Ugly Mugs

“Mycelial is underpinned by our co-creator’s principle in ‘nothing about us without us’. Their voices are centre stage, Open Clasp are the scaffolding. It’s a play about being queer, money, borders and a revolution. Mycelial celebrates the strength and humanity of sex work activists who can’t walk by injustice.”
Writer of Mycelial and Artistic Director, Catrina McHugh MBE