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Who Told You To Be Small
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1 review - The Rosemary Branch
Description
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Theatre/Arts and Comedy
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Tickets from £8.00 - £15.00
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Islington
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Over 16
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This event has taken place.
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19:00 - 20:00
After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, artist Beth Knight brings her show Who Told You To Be Small back to London. It’s a story of tackling her demons with painting, comedy, and a jab at the patriarchy.
Glasgow-based artist Beth Knight used nude self-portraits to overcome the shame she held about her body. She started small, painting herself in an unflattering light crying, and showing that painting to the world. Piece by piece, she put her loathing about her looks on blast, with each painting becoming larger and more intimate. It culminated in a pop-up gallery using wall-sized advertisement space in the London Underground, with her painted nude portrait standing 5 and a half meters tall for the world to see. She tackled the misogyny around the standards of beauty that kept her hiding her body for decades by diving into the fear with art and laughter.
Beth received her Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2023, her paintings have gone on to be included in the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize exhibition and were in the pre-selections for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters competition. After launching her stand-up career in London last year, she’s performed in top comedy clubs, including The Billy Murray, Monkey Barrel, and The Stand. Now she’s blending her paintings and comedy into an hour show about her fight with internalized patriarchy.
“★★★★ … This show is an example of why the Fringe is wonderful the show is wonderful too. “ —One4Review
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COVID-19 Safety
We encourage patrons to wear a mask while moving around the building and when seated in the theatre.
Seating is not socially distanced. The theatre is ventilated before and after every performance with regular and thorough cleaning of touch points. Hand sanitiser and face masks are available onsite.
Access
We regret that our theatre is up a flight of stairs with no wheelchair access available.
Content warning: Nudity in paintings
Image description: A white woman in her thirties with light brown hair is sitting on the floor in front of three large paintings. One painting is of a woman’s face. One painting is of a woman’s body with the text “Who Told You To Be Small” written in red print on it. The third painting is a woman sitting in a chair in the nude.
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Tickets/Times
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Standard Ticket
unreserved seating |
19:00 - 20:00 | £12.00 |
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Concession Ticket
unreserved seating |
19:00 - 20:00 | £8.00 |
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Support The Arts Ticket
unreserved seating |
19:00 - 20:00 | £15.00 |
Location
Address
2, Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Area
Islington
Nearest Station
Hoxton (Rail)
Organiser
Rosemary Branch Theatre
A beautiful, characterful, historic, local pub on the border of Islington and Hackney.
Just set back from the Regent’s Canal, we have delicious food, a wide range of thoughtful drinking options and an award-winning theatre and function room upstairs. Our theatre hosts all types of performance and community experiences - theatre, comedy, live music, improv, puppetry, family shows, drag, cabaret, podcasts, burlesque and workshops.
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