SLAP & TICKLE
BY LIZ AGGISS
Maverick, anarchic, indomitable and fearless: all words that have been used to describe performance artist Liz Aggiss. Born in an era when children were seen and not heard, Liz never had a clue what she wanted to do. She just knew she wanted to be seen and heard.
Slap and Tickle is an award winning, dark and ribald physical commentary on cultural mores and sexual taboos: a disorientating display of interpretations and contradictions about women, girls, mothers, bitches and senior citizens. Beating a path through the personal and historical, Aggiss creates a feminist soup that lurches from spoken word to expressionist movement, from music hall to radio nostalgia, from costume change to prop manipulation.
Come on everybody lets have a party!
Slap and Tickle won a Total Theatre Award Edinburgh Festival 2017.
PRESS AND REVIEWS
“With the spit of punk and the polish of ballet, Liz Aggiss transformed into a singular provocateur” Lorna Irvine, Exeunt Magazine
“A very funny solo piece… no need for Aggiss to bemoan the lack of opportunities facing older women in the theatre, because she puts herself centre stage through her live art practice.” Lyn Gardner, The Stage
“The hilarious tickle never undermines the serious slap in this solo – sheer brilliance.” Mary Brennan The Herald
"Slap and Tickle smashes through all the taboos associated with growing old and being sexy. Commenting on the associations surrounding women of all ages and the efect they have on our daily lives, Liz Aggiss’ latest work is empowering, liberating and moving” Arthur’s Seat
“Drenched in raucous, uninhibited humour, all of which nonetheless unmasks a very real world of gendered prejudices” Róisín O’Brien, Seeing Dance
CREDITS
Director and Performer: Liz Aggiss
Technical and Company Manager: Joe Murray
Producers: Feral (Jill Smith and Kathryn Boyle)
PREVIOUS TOUR DATES
Between 2016 and 2020 Slap and Tickle has been performed over X times at internationally renowned festivals and venues including; SICK! Festival (Manchester, UK), Hear Me Roar (Lancaster, UK), Mature Moves (Tasmania, Australia), Gender Bender (Bologna, Italy), Ignite (Bristol, UK), DIG (Glasgow, UK), RISE (Findhorn, UK), Dance Live (Aberdeen, UK), Brighton Festival (UK), BDE (Cardiff, UK), British Council Showcase (Edinburgh, UK), Orlando Festival (Bergamo, Italy), Southbank Centre, (London, UK) as part of (B)old Festival, Teatre Solis Montevideo (Uruguay), Stage International Dansens Hus (Stockholm, Sweden), Curious Arts Festival (BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK), Theaterfestival Boulevard Dem Bosch (Netherlands), Magic Mirror Sziget Festival Official (Budapest), The ShowRoom (Chichester, UK), LEAP Dance Festival (Liverpool, UK), Tobacco Factory Theatre (Bristol, UK), Festival Mulheres do Mundo WOW(Rio de Janerio).
