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Welcome to the Cork Midsummer Festival 2007
Tuesday 19th - Saturday 30th June 2007.
Held
ADRIAN HOWELLS PRESENTS: Held
Date: Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd June.
Book a 1 hour appointment though the Festival Box Office.
Tickets: €15
Venue: A residential house in Shandon
NOTE: This is an individual show – each audience member will have a one-on-one experience. Please arrive at the Firkin Crane 15 minutes beforehand for the directions to the house.
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Following Salon Adrienne at 2006 Cork Midsummer Festival - where his
transvestite alter-ego Adrienne washed and blow-dried people’s hair and
offered hairdresser chit-chat - performance artist Adrian Howells now
asks us to get more intimate with him than ever before in Held.
A one-on-one performance that takes place across 3 domestic spaces -
first in a kitchen where he offers a hand as well as tea, then the lounge
where he puts his arm around you as you watch TV or listen to
music and finally the bedroom
where you
lie together
for 30
minutes .
Both the
participant
and Adrian
remain fully
clothed
throughout
and a pillow
is placed
between
both bodies
on the bed.
Evoking both the fleeting comfort of one-night stands and the sometimes
stifling atmosphere of long-term relationships, Held encourages us to
think about how much the simple act of touching can say.
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