Event Arts & Entertainment

God-Belly

A bold existential take on religion and bodies.
Laetitia Laubscher
September 25, 2014

Overview

You wouldn't imagine rapping nuns, crumpet demons and explosive bouts of wrestling could go together, but somehow they do in God-belly. The debut work by Pressure Point Collective is a bold exploration of religion and our bodies which jumps between a 13th Century French monastery and an Auckland student flat.

Catherine, a subversive Dominican nun pushes her body to such extremes that a senior monk is sent to keep an eye on her. Jude, a chronically over-achieving arts student, develops a fixation on fitness that starts to jeopardise her relationship with her Christian-stoner boyfriend George. Both Jude and Catherine struggle for salvation but their worlds begin to collapse on each other as they push their bodies to breaking point.

God-belly is an impressive display of physicality. The two performers rap, sprint, and wrestle between several different roles while also operating their own sound and lighting. It's accompanied by a soundtrack which ranges from medieval sacred hymns to fierce contemporary rap.

G O D - B E L L Y from Pete Gedye on Vimeo.

Information

When

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Price

$18
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