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Home > Theatre > Gentle humour and tenderness in Unfamiliar at Home

Gentle humour and tenderness in Unfamiliar at Home

By Caroline King - November 3, 2020Posted in : FEATURED-STORIES, Theatre

This month, forget the challenges of lockdown for a few hours by inviting some live theatre into your home.

Unfamiliar at Home
Victor Esses and Yorgos Petrou in Unfamiliar at Home

Unfamiliar at Home will embrace the new digital landscape to break down traditional performance boundaries, as Victor Esses and Yorgos Petrou share their autobiographical piece from their home direct to yours.

Unfamiliar at Home brings live theatre to you

Victor and Yorgos want to have children. They think. Maybe? Yes!

Through the use of familiar household objects, language and movement, Unfamiliar at Home interrogates Yorgos and Victor’s domesticity. They share a meal as a pre-recorded conversation talks about what a family consists of for them. They listen to interviews with members of queer families, and speak of the unsolicited advice they’ve received about becoming parents.

As Yorgos and Victor explore their memories, fears, and relationship, they reclaim the term ‘family’ and build themselves the role models that they missed out on themselves.

Beautifully intimate, full of gentle humour and tender moments, Unfamiliar is a stripped back autobiographical piece about being queer, wanting children and, ultimately, the human desire to create a legacy.

The full online tour dates

Unfamiliar at Home is presented in association with theatres across the UK. This online tour will be performed live for audiences on Zoom each night.

Shout Festival, Birmingham (Extracts with a Q&A) on 10th November 2020 at 7pm
The Lowry, Greater Manchester on 20th November 2020 at 8pm
Chapter, Cardiff on 24th November 2020 at 7pm
Arts Depot, London on 24th November 2020 at 7pm
Cambridge Junction on 25th November 2020 at 7.30pm
The Place, Bedford on 25th November 2020 at 7.30pm

If you’re looking for more online events to fill your lockdown time with, try these.

When: 10th November – 25th November 2020
Where: Online
£: Tickets cost from £8 (Suitable for 10+ years)

More info: www.victoresses.com/unfamiliarathome

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