Unruly female emotion was once attributed to a deviant womb wandering through the body. Our flesh is cast as monstrous in its capacity to feel.

Testimonial’ and ‘attest’ both derive directly from ‘testes’ - the gateway to truth is gendered - horror is a woman who knows. Under the halo of the soft-core virgin body, we are haunted by the absence of the visceral. Object becomes subject through her desire, if only for a moment.

Choreographic artist Jessie McCall (Daybreak Estate, Inflated Rebel) alongside wāhine performers Sharvon Mortimer (Daybreak Estate,Vivid Dreaming), Anu Khapung (The Clearing, Oho), and Sofia McIntryre (Faceless Hair Cry) and alternate performer Evie Logan (Wu, Strasbourg 1518) combine provocative movement, playful humour and nods to the pop culture that both empowers and disempowers us as women in I Get So Emotional Baby.

Questioning the patriarchal gaze that pins 'unruly' emotion to the female body, I Get So Emotional Baby is an entrancing new work probing the ownership of our emotional reality as women. 

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Please arrive at least 15 minutes before show start time. Latecomers admitted into the theatre at Basement's discretion. No refunds will be given. 

Please note unfortunately the Basement Studio space is not wheelchair accessible.

$15 and $20 Basement Mates tickets available for this event. Find out more about Basement Mates here.