Oh yes oh no
everything you thought you knew about femme sexuality smashed to pieces
★★★★ - The Guardian ★★★★ - The Stage ★★★★ - LondonTheatre1 ★★★★ - EverythingTheatre
★★★★★ - WebCowGirl ★★★★ - UK Theatre Web
This is a show about having sexual fantasies that don’t align with your politics. It’s about trying to understanding what you want, and wondering how the hell to ask for it.
“in one moment empowering and exhilarating, and in the next, full of rage and despair”
“Startling and resonant show questioning female desire and its relation to rape culture”
Oh Yes Oh No invites you on a surreal joyride through femme sexuality and violence. Made exclusively with the candid input of those willing to talk openly and honestly about their sex life, including survivors of sexual trauma, Louise is unafraid to ask the difficult questions as she interrogates identity, consent and power play.
“Awe-inspiring for its optimism, for the sight it offers of someone trying to do something honest and uncomplicatedly brave in a broken system”
“brave, taboo-breaking work”
Featuring explicit XXX, Barbie’n’Ken role-play, a heady mix of pop culture references, and original sound design by Alicia Jane Turner, the show explores sexuality and who gets to have a say in it. This show is for anyone who has ever struggled to find their sexual voice, or questioned the sexual culture they were brought up in. It asks who gets to speak, who gets to have a voice, and ultimately aims to give a voice back to those who have had their voices and bodies taken from them. How can you re-claim your voice and your body when these things have been stripped from you? And how do you navigate a landscape of hyper-sexuality and increasing sex positivity when the mere act of asking for what you want can be the hardest thing? Oh Yes Oh No dares to speak about a subject which is rarely addressed publicly, especially in the wake of #MeToo.
Steady yourself to re-think desire, then watch her smash it all to pieces.
Supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Arts Council England, Camden People’s Theatre, Live Art Development Agency and CLAY.
Oh Yes Oh No was selected for the British Council Edinburgh Showcase in August 2019, and nominated for an Offie at the Battersea Arts Centre in October 2019. It is currently touring. Please email michael@louiseorwin.com for bookings and touring enquiries.
OH YES OH NO workshops are available for bookings, with or without the show.
