This show is the embodied definition of storytelling. Expertly using costumes, props, sound, music, movement, dance, facial expressions, and perhaps about 100 words, even the least enlightened audience could understand the show’s message without confusion.
The Virgin Travels is billed as “exploring queerness, Catholicism, and identity.” It also humbly omits that it is a show of internal conflict, of rejecting what we are told we should be in favour of what we are, and of the literal shedding of the skins we put on to please others and exist in the one that pleases ourselves the most.
The only and unnamed character emerges from the womb happy and hopeful, only to quickly realise the world doesn’t stay that way for long. Throughout her journey, she tries on many personalities and lifestyles - desperate to find the one that is truly her - and she is often reprimanded by the nun, schoolyard friends, and herself in the process. Fighting against the catechism deeply embedded within and pushing forward with determination and a desire to reach the ascension of an unabashedly lived life, she shares her innermost thoughts with us, although never uttering them aloud.
The Virgin Travels is for anyone who has ever fervently prayed with genuine earnestness and conviction to “be normal”, only to grow up and realise that normal is the last thing they want to be. The room held an intimate ten seats, a partially perfect choice for such a personal show but also a criminal choice because only 20 people will get to see it. The show only has a two-day run, so if you can see it on August 7th, count yourself lucky.
Tickets here
Aug 6 & 7 | 19:30
Suitability: 16+ (Guideline)