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Fittings archiveRingmaster Rusty Gusty runs the last freak show on the planet - a troupe of fantastical and bizarre creatures who arrive at the Dome in Greenwich to cash in on the celebrations and present the world with their own Millennium Baby. Each have an incredible story to tell as we are allowed into their strange but surprisingly familiar world. A cunning mixture of performance and exhibition, Fittings explores people as objects and what it is to be human - whether as an abhorrent misfit or a perfect angel. It reclaims a part of disability history - the freak show - and uses it to challenge the taboos surrounding disability against the aesthetic of the body beautiful. Set in a tent on Millennium Eve, Fittings is the last freak show of the twentieth century, treading a delicate and disturbing path through fear, fun, voyeurism, curiosity and downright bad taste!

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Author: Mike Kenny

What's On By Year ...

Archive listings for Fittings (1999)

Work type: Play.

T0336032826

Company Graeae Theatre Company. Director Jenny Sealey. Director Gerry Robson. Music Mat Fraser. Design Felicity Shillingford. Lighting Ian Scott.
6 Aug 99 to 21 Aug 99Pleasance, Edinburgh :: V1282
listing details L02103959182
6 Aug 99 to 21 Aug 99Pleasance, Edinburgh :: V1282
listing details L398430969
26 Jul 99 to 27 Jul 99Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V567
listing details L01470348241
20 Jul 99 to 24 Jul 99Roundhouse, West End :: V242
listing details L60057639
16 Jul 99 to 17 Jul 99Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535
listing details L0632688043
7 Jul 99 to 10 Jul 99Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491
listing details L424295715
30 Jun 99 to 3 Jul 99Three Mills Island Studio, Inner London :: V1091
listing details L83352794
30 Jun 99 to 3 Jul 99Three Mills Island Studio, Inner London :: V1091
listing details L154296767
17 Jun 99 to 18 Jun 99Spring Arts and Heritage Centre, Havant :: V757
listing details L0566293070

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