Dance & Physical Theatre

Shower Thots

It's time to dance and sing for hydrating revelations.

Dates 14 - 21 Oct
Time 8:00pm (75 minutes)
Venue Melbourne City Baths

$38.00

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A woman with light brown skin is under a shower with running water. Her dark brown hair is long and wet pressed against her face with features of her face peering out from underneath.

Past Event

Dance & Physical Theatre Fringe Fund

Image Credit: Nadeemy Betros

Choreographed by: Jonathan Homsey
Performed by: Karlee Misipeka & Jayden Wall
Musical Director: Gala Hingston & Adam Rudegeair

Shower Thots (a social slang for That 'Ho' Over There) is a time capsule of hypothetical intimate hygienic episodes. Set at the iconic Melbourne City Baths, this dance expands the stereotypes of shower thoughts. Shower Thots gives a private view into Bobbi's bathroom. Bobbi is looking for relief and celebration while living alone through Naarm's lockdowns. Bobbi swings between states of sensual bliss, perpetual suspension, and hopeless submersion. Bobbi’s only company are their shower thoughts, a series of non-linear realisations, sung by a choir of select audience from inside the pool.

Shower Thots is a celebration of the glow-up and relief the shower can give us. This shower is an arena for cleansing away bad vibes and lubricating up for an eventful world outside. Bobbi celebrates, cries, and cleanses to camp and absurd levels. Shower Thots is a live music and dance journey where Bobbi finds out the best bathroom routine is one of self-love and appreciation.

See Bobbi twice, performed once each through a masc and femme lens to live piano and epic vocals.
14 October is performed by NSW Mx. Burlesque Champion and Vogue House Mother, Karlee Luna Misipeka.
21 October is performed by Naarm’s house and contemporary dance trailblazer, Jayden Wall.

Watch the show from above or sing along in the pool; very limited places for aquatic seats!

This presentation is supported by Creative Victoria, the City of Melbourne, and received Cash to Create through the Fringe Fund, with thanks to the Pulse Giving Circle.

The development was supported by Chunky Move’s SOLITUDE program, supported by the Tanja Liedtke Foundation, Fringe Common Rooms, City of Melbourne, and Testing Grounds.

About Jonathan Homsey

Jonathan Homsey is a choreographer and curator working from the positionality of a Queer Person of Colour based on Wurundjeri country. Originally an award-winning dancer in jazz and street dance during the naughties in Southern California, he is humbled to be a community leader in so-called Australia, galvanising people together to dance for the past decade. From Footscray Community Arts Centre to Melbourne Theatre Company to Melbourne Museum, Jonathan specialises in platforming Street and Queer-born dance forms to cultivate empowerment for sexually and ethnically diverse young people. He is a recent Green Room award winner for I Am Maggie, a commission with Melbourne Fringe Festival and Arts Centre Melbourne.

jonathanhomsey.com

Duration: 75 minutes
Age suitability: MA15+
Event warnings: Contains Sustained Bright Lights, Some Nudity, Moderate Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.
Content warnings: Self Harm Or Suicide, Drug References, Mental Health, COVID-19/Coronavirus.

View the Shower Thots Access Pack here

Aquatic ticketholders will form the Shower Thots choir, and be in the pool for the performance, at a maximum depth of 1.5 metres. To these ticketholders: Please bring your bathers and a towel. You must arrive 30 minutes before the performance (by 7:30pm) for a safety induction and to get changed.

You will receive an email one week prior with the song selection you'll be singing! Requires no practice, just a simple read of an email. Arrival after 7.40 PM may result in a cancellation of your booking.

Melbourne City Baths
420 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Wheelchair Access

Melbourne City Baths is wheelchair accessible.

Wheelchair accessibility via laneway that was formerly Franklin St. Please phone before entering so an attendant will come to open.

There are 6 wheelchair spots per performance plus a caregiver. Wheelchair users must watch the show next to the pool for best sightlines.

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Full: $38.00
Concession: $28.00
Aquatic Seats: $20.00
Extra Applause: $45.00
Blak Tix: $28.00

“This is a show that will leave you wet and wanting more.” - Vyshnavee Wijekumar, The Age

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"...allowed just the right balance of manipulation and permission to engage in the work in ways that were quite novel for a dance piece." - Leila Lois for Artshub

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