WILDING
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Volume MCMXIII - Issue XL
Special Edition
A collaboration between Emma Bourke and Ildikó Rippel
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A Darkly Humorous And Politically Charged Performance
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Wilding explores radical protest and feminism, and is performed by Emma Bourke, a descendant of the militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. Facing the current threat by the UK government to remove the human right to protest, this performance celebrates rebellion and explores violence as a legitimate tool to fight an oppressive system.
In Wilding, Emma and Ildikó let the waves of feminism and their personal perspectives crash together, whilst tracing back their contemporary lives to the moment Emily Davison was crushed by the King’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby in her fight for equal rights. Combining testimonies by Emily Davison with autobiographical confession, Wilding merges archival footage with original video projection mapped onto an array of cardboard placards, as the performers present personal anecdotes, Euro-Punk and a pantomime horse.
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Upcoming Shows
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Emma (26, she/her) Relates to women's struggles as she is perceived as a woman, treated as a woman, but feels rejected by the feminist movement because she does not identify as a woman. She is an asexual, non-binary lesbian AND she’s the cousin of the militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison.
28th October 2023 (19:30)
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Nonsuch Studios, Nottingham
12th November 2023 (TBC)
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FEAST Festival, Malvern Cube
8th December 2023 (19:00)
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Attenborough Arts Centre
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"a refreshing, insightful show chock-full of horsing around that brings together humorous personal anecdotes and intriguing historical retellings"
(audience member)
Ildikó (47, she/her)
A German pansexual and polyamorous, middle-aged married mother of two. Ildikó is a second-wave feminist, and after burning her bras and having grown her armpit hair she has been riding every wave of feminism since.