GASH THEATRE PRESENTS: SHELLEY

PREMIERING AT CAMDEN PEOPLE’S THEATRE
MAY 10-11, 2024 @ 9 PM

TICKETS

GORE GIRLS GLITTER
A multimedia burlesque fantasia about Shelley Duvall.

Horny for horror? Freaky for feminism?
Fancy a lap dance from Jack Nicholson?

When directing The Shining, Stanley Kubrick reportedly made Shelley Duvall film one scene 127 times. It took 3 weeks. By the end of it, her hands were scraped raw & her voice was hoarse. In the scene as captured on film, she’s a puddle of snot, a total wreck – as Stephen King said at the time, a “screaming dishrag."

Should we be watching her? Is this acting or just a woman being genuinely tortured?

GASH is reframing the horror movie genre to uncover whether it is truly as misogynistic as we fear or instead a celebration of the craft of female hysteria.

Come join our ooey gooey fleshy blobby spectacular of bodily fluids!

Writer/Creator:
Nathalie Ellis-Einhorn

Featuring:
Nathalie Ellis-Einhorn, Josie Long, Everleigh Brenner

Collaborator/Assistant Director:
Roshi Cowen

Producer:
Ella Carmen Dale

Props/Costume Designer:
Emily Louise Munt

Dramaturg:
David Ralf

Production Assistance:
Maddie Flint

Choreographer:
Sarah Lamb

With thanks to:
Theatre Deli

GASH THEATRE NEEDS SOME SPACE

PREMIERED LIVE WITH ASSEMBLY FESTIVAL
AT EDINBURGH FRINGE 2022 (AUGUST 4-27)

“Queens of Kitsch, @GashTheatre create a pop culture-infused sci-fi epic with cabaret flair. With trademark irreverence, the duo dissect our society’s alienating body & sex standards via a multimodal, luridly sensual, delectably vulgar adventure.”

— FringeBiscuit ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“To attempt to explain or describe Maddie Flint and Nathalie Ellis-Einhorn’s multi-media ode to sci-fi and sexuality feels almost wrong. No piece of writing could convey the irreverent, referential, meme-laced madness that unfolds along this space voyage. Genders will be bent, you will have (soft) things thrown at you, you might see a *gasp* titty.”

— The Wee Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch, so foreign
Wanna be your victim
Ready for abduction”
- Katy Perry

Come aboard the Starship Gash for a voyage of interstellar sex-ploits…

Do aliens have body image issues too?
Is there a galaxy far-far-away enough from your ex?
What’s really at the centre of a blackhole?
(Spoiler alert: it’s Demi Lovato).

Gash Theatre tackles inter-dimensional bodies and sexualities,
speeding between astronaut striptease,
himbo space-drag worthy of Flash Gordon himself,
and waaaaay too many Rick and Morty references (one).

Houston, let's get NASAty.

GASH THEATRE GETS GHOSTED

STREAMED WITH ASSEMBLY FESTIVAL
AT EDINBURGH FRINGE 2021

Finalist for an OffFest Award
Selected for BroadwayWorld UK’s Best of 2021

PREVIOUSLY STREAMED WITH CAMDEN PEOPLE’S THEATRE AND THE TANK (NYC)

“Digital theatre can be a bit hit or miss but this is a perfect example of what can be achieved when it is done well […] I can’t imagine there’s much else quite like Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted either in person or digitally at this year’s festival and I can’t recommend this delightfully weird and unique production enough.”

— Broadway World ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“When the noise stops, they talk about how these images of violence and vulnerability have worked their way into their real-life relationships. That their conversations appear to be voiced by the furniture only adds to the heightened theatricality of an amusing and provocative show.”

— The Scotsman ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Weird, wonderful, totally not linear but gloriously perceptive and thoughtful, this is a show worth seeing online or in person for lovers of theatre in all its forms.”

— London Pub Theatres ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“A kitschy, thought-provoking meditation on masculinity. Pop culture is the touchstone, medium & conflict in this fun, postmodern gem.”

— FringeBiscuit ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The result of this production is quirky, heart-pounding and intriguing to the audience.”

— West End Best Friend ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“The ambition and fearlessness displayed makes this compelling, entertaining, and a sign that Gash Theatre has the talent to deliver even more in the near future.”

— Everything Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Exuberant and incisive […] This is not just theatre transferred onto film, but truly digital theatre which revels in the possibilities of this new hybrid art form.”

— Sitting on the Fourth Wall

“Gash bring together such a rich tapestry of images and suggestions that their shows veer from disturbing to hilarious […] Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted is baffling, inventive, and scary.”

— Lou Reviews

“The show itself is a heady, chaotic whirlwind of activity […] The Gash girls make their heroic escape, but we can’t help but wonder – isn’t the world they’ve returned to just more of the same horrifying things they’ve experienced? That there, is the true horror of Gash Theatre Gets Ghosted.”

— Bakchormeeboy

Interview with London Theatre 1

Interview with Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

The Gash gals are on the run. [HEY]

Hunted down. [HEY]

By a hungry ghost. [HEY HEY]

He’s everywhere. [HEY HEY]

Behind that tree. [MACHO MACHO MAN]

Around that corner. [I’VE GOT TO BE]

Driving that car. [A MACHO MAN]

Just when they think they’ve lost him. [MACHO MACHO MAN]

A door slams shut. [YEAH]

A gust of wind. [I’VE GOT TO BE]

They’re trapped. [A MACHO]

And… Did that lamp just wink at me?

GASH THEATRE
MAKES A THIRSTTRAP

STREAMED WITH CPT, THEATRE DELI, AND THE TANK (NYC)

“Gash Theatre Makes a ThirstTrap is intriguing, utterly compelling viewing, perfect for the theatre lover who enjoys a challenge […] Some seriously weird shit indeed. ” — Everything Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Welcome to the house of GASH. We’ve been waiting for you.

This is a thirst trap. A thirst trap.

We’re pop princesses. We’re schoolgirls. We’re punks. We’re toxic, baby. We’re femme fatales who’ll seduce you for your cash. We’re soaring, flying.

A thirst trap. A trap.

We’ve got that super bass. We’re party girls who like to get messy. We’re plastic bags, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again.

A trap.

It’s a trap!

We’re bored and needy and angry. And we want a boogie.

Our thirst trap is hungry.

Let us eat you up.

Gash Theatre Makes a ThirstTrap premiered from September 9th - 12th 2020, streamed every Wednesday from November 18th to December 12th 2020 through Gash Theatre’s THE HUMPDAY SCREENINGS, streamed with Theatre Deli from February 8-11th 2021, and streamed with Camden People’s Theatre from April 21-24 2021.

GHOSTS OF VALENTINES PAST

~ A SPOOKTACULAR CABARET ~

STREAMED WITH THEATRE DELI AND THE TANK (NYC)

Haunted by an ex? Petrified of commitment? Obsessively scrolling through texts from when hooking up with strangers was a thing?

Gash Theatre brings you a spooktacular night full of the most spine-tingling cabaret acts - drag, burlesque, clown, and music that will make you shiver with delight. All to celebrate the most terrifying day of the year: Valentine’s.

Grab your fangs and join us for a hair-raising experience with our scarily hot guest performers:

Cabbage the Clown - Casual Wednesday - Chai - Charlie Wood - Fran Sparklypants - Marlene Peach - Melancholia Blackbile - Mina Van Yeaux - Miss Lolly May - Miss Terri Boxx - Mr. Sam Bam Thankyoumaam - Paul Aleksandr - Risqué

And, of course, GASH

This show is 18+, as it will include nudity, gore, strong language, and sexual references (all the good stuff).