Nine Sixteenths by Paula Varjack
Tickets: £23 (£21)
Students: £15
Groups: Parties of 10 or more get one free ticket. Please contact our box office for more information and to book.
BSL Interpreted Performance: This show has integrated BSL as part of the production. We have reserved seats with the best view of the BSL interpreter. Please get in touch with the Box Office to book these tickets.
This show contains references to sexism and racism, and some strong language.
In 2004, in the SuperBowl halftime show finale, 23 year old Justin Timberlake ripped off 37 year old Janet Jackson’s top. Her breast was exposed on screen for nine sixteenths of a second.
A pop icon and role model for many black women, and an outspoken ally for the LGBTQ community, the moment derailed Jackson’s career for many years, while Timberlake’s thrived.
But who was invested in the backlash? What does all this have to say about the demographics of who controls the media, and the ways in which black women are scrutinised in the public eye?
From THE MALFUNCTION to THE AFTERMATH and a celebration of RECLAMATION, Nine Sixteenths invites you on a journey through three acts, exploring themes of representation and pop culture with a nostalgia for the early 00’s, along with the hopes and dreams of four black female performers, all through a visual variety of devised theatre, dance and lip sync.
Nine Sixteenths joins theatre maker Paula Varjack with choreographer/maker Pauline Mayers, actress/director Endy McKay and choreographer Julienne Doko, for a cultural odyssey, to work out what happened and what is happening still…
Please note, this show has integrated BSL as part of the production.
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