My Year Without Sex
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My Year Without Sex is a theatrical comedy developed by Beverly Blankenship and Jessica Gerger and first performed in May 2007.
The play centres on a religious pilgrimage undertaken by its main character Mrs Tickletext, and the various characters and scenarios she encounters along the way. It is performed by one actress using an oversized suitcase which converts into a taxi, a tourist bus, a life-raft, a bed and an English cottage.
My Year Without Sex was developed using contributions from several authors including Oliver Binder, Imogen Church, Magdalena Felixa, Wolfgang Herles, Samuel Altmann-Krum, Andy Leonard, Proschat Madani, Ingrid Rencher, Beverly Blankenship and Jessica Gerger. The writers were given free licence to write any scene they wished, in any style they wanted - monologues, dumb shows, or scenes with a large cast. The results were then combined to form a play to be performed by one actress.
The first production of My Year Without Sex was staged in Vienna at the Drachengasse Theater as part of the Vienna Festival in May 2007. It was then performed on the main stage at The Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue), Leicester Square, London on 14 October 2007.
In 2008 the production toured to the Adelaide Fringe Festival
and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
.
The play centres on a religious pilgrimage undertaken by its main character Mrs Tickletext, and the various characters and scenarios she encounters along the way. It is performed by one actress using an oversized suitcase which converts into a taxi, a tourist bus, a life-raft, a bed and an English cottage.
My Year Without Sex was developed using contributions from several authors including Oliver Binder, Imogen Church, Magdalena Felixa, Wolfgang Herles, Samuel Altmann-Krum, Andy Leonard, Proschat Madani, Ingrid Rencher, Beverly Blankenship and Jessica Gerger. The writers were given free licence to write any scene they wished, in any style they wanted - monologues, dumb shows, or scenes with a large cast. The results were then combined to form a play to be performed by one actress.
The first production of My Year Without Sex was staged in Vienna at the Drachengasse Theater as part of the Vienna Festival in May 2007. It was then performed on the main stage at The Leicester Square Theatre (formerly The Venue), Leicester Square, London on 14 October 2007.
In 2008 the production toured to the Adelaide Fringe Festival
Adelaide Fringe Festival
The Adelaide Fringe Festival is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is the Southern Hemisphere's largest arts event and the second-largest fringe festival in the world, second in size only to the Edinburgh Fringe...
and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
.
External links
- http://www.tickletext.com
- http://www.beverlyblankenship.com
- Review: http://theatrebuff.seatwaveblogs.com/2007/10/review_my_year_without_sex.php