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Taylor Mac: 'Hir' at Bush Theatre

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Time 20:30
Date 15/06/17
Price £10

In Taylor Mac’s sly, subversive comedy, annihilating the past doesn’t always free you from it.

Isaac gets home from serving in the marines to find war has broken out back home. In a nondescript town somewhere in mid-west America, Isaac’s mom Paige is blowing up entrenched routines.

Fed up with domestic patriarchy, Paige has stopped washing, cleaning and caring for their ailing father, who recently suffered a stroke. She reigns supreme.

Ally to their mother’s new regime is Isaac’s sibling Max. Only last time Isaac checked, Max was Maxine. Once the breadwinner, Isaac’s dad has toppled from the head of the household to the bottom of the pile – a make-upped puppet emasculated by Paige once and for all.

In a cheap house made of plywood and glue, notions of masculinity and femininity become weapons with which to defeat the old order.

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend Taylor Mac: 'Hir' at Bush Theatre 19:30 on Saturday 17 June. To enter the competition, send an email to lizzy@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected.

Q: What is Isaac fed up with?

A: .1) domestic patriarchy 2) domestic cleanliness 3) domestic life 4) domesticity
 

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