The Helsinki show
 

Anyone from the forums attended the first one? Or planning to attend the upcoming ones? A review would be great! I doubt I´ll make it.

Marina Abramović retrospective - Sept-Dec 2023
 

The retrospective of Marina Abramović at the RA in London that was postponed from a few years ago is once again scheduled.

royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/marina-abramovic

Public dates are given as 23 September — 10 December 2023.

Different pieces will be recreated, including Imponderabilia (where visitors pass through a doorway of two naked people), and Nude with Skeleton.

Apollinaire Theater, Chelsea MA
 

Apollinaire Theater in Chelsea MA is staging "Dance Nation" this month. From the website:

"Dance Nation contains use of stage blood, possible partial nudity, coarse language, depictions of self-harm, mentions of sex and masturbation and simulated masturbation. "

Reviews of this show from other productions note "Gratuitous Nudity", and I would expect nothing else from this one, given their edgy productions of the past. I know several people in this production, but not sure I'll get to see it due to conflicts.

RM

Anything in London in the next few weeks?

Laura Murphy - Contra
 

Drawing from circus, stand-up and live art, Contra is a solo-cabaret of contradictions. Fierce, witty and uncompromising, this highly physical show interrogates personal, social and historical occupations of the female body and explores, literally, where such bodies are positioned and how we are meant to look at them. Expect scenes of nudity, aerial acrobatics, and explicit references to mythical reptiles and female sexuality. Written and performed by Laura Murphy and directed by Ursula Martinez.


2023 & 2024: Upcoming Dates
21st-22nd April 2023: Jacksons Lane (London, UK)
​17th-18th January 2024: VierNulvier (Ghent, Belgium)

lauramurphy.co.uk/contra

Transcendence by Ed1f1ce Dance Theatre. Tickets available for 30 April.

Male butt (seen in trailer), female breasts and butt.

Zones of Resplendence
 

saw the other day "Zones of Resplendence" with Carolina Mendonça & Lara Ferrari.
very interesting show with 2 naked girls, most of the time upside down, with legs in the air...


according to the website:



What would the world look like if you could choose your own weapon? Zones of Resplendence explores forms of manifestation for a potential female army. Carolina Mendonça and Lara Ferrari investigate whether you can win a war with vulnerability, instead of with violence. By using the body in different ways, they prepare themselves for a possible confrontation. Will this sci-fi dance performance give rise to a new kind of army?


kaaitheater.be/en/agenda/zones-of-resplendence

Some pictures of the german edition of Habitat in Köln in june 2022. About fifty naked volunteers dancing, running and bouncing among the spectators during almost two hours.

looks good, would love to see a full vid?

Habitat in København
 

for those interested, Doris Uhlich will stage a new version of Habitat in Denmark this summer. A nice opportunity to see the show or participate in it (if you are brave enough)…

"HABITAT hylder kroppen i alle dens former og udtryk. Vil du være med?
Workshops 30. juli-3. august / Forestillinger 4.-6. august 2023

HABITAT bryder med de gængse idealer om skønhed og kropsbilleder og hylder den nøgne krop i al dens styrke, skrøbelighed og naturlighed.

Metropolis og Doris Uhlich søger ca. 40 personer (18+) i alle aldre, køn og med alle baggrunde – erfaring på en scene og med dans er ikke nødvendig. Alle kroppe er velkomne."

hxxps://www.metropolis.dk/open-call-habitat/

Gypsy is on at The Mill at Sonning. - starting in a couple of weeks and starring Evelyn Hoskins who was in Mrs Henderson Presents in Canada a few years ago. There may be some nudity from Evelyn who plays Gypsy Rose Lee…

Unfortunately I can’t make it, but would be interested to hear any reviews if anyone else is going / can go…

hxxps://millatsonning.com/shows/gypsy/

Does this count?
"Is it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women's bodies remain at the mercy of state, society and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be worth less than a fully covered woman, or a chaste one? Are being sexy and being smart really mutually exclusive? Can a woman be both body and brain? Victoria Bateman has confronted these questions with actions as well as words. She has appeared naked on national television, on stage, in art and at protests - using her body, as well as her brain, to deliver her message.

In Naked Feminism, Bateman makes a compelling case for women's bodily freedom, and explains why the current puritanical revival is so dangerous for women. Illustrating the swinging pendulum of bodily modesty through the ages, she takes us on a journey from the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Babylon, through the birth of Christianity and Islam, to the lax morals of the medieval period and the bawdiness of Chaucer and Shakespeare; to the clampdowns of the Puritans and later the Victorians and, more recently, to the re-veiling of the Middle East and the purity pledges of modern-day America. She ends with a plea: feminists must unite to challenge the repression of the female body, as only then can women be truly free.

The Author

Victoria Bateman has taught at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, where she is a Fellow in Economics. She is the resident Economic Historian on BBC Radio 4’s Understand: The Economy, and is perhaps most (in)famous for her naked protests and appearances, including on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and at the Royal Economic Society annual conference. Victoria is a champion of women’s bodily freedom and, in her own words, her new book – Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty – represents “the combined force of body and brain,challenging the very thing that restricts women’s freedom across the world: the cult of female modesty. Find out more about Victoria and her book at NakedFeminism.com and vnbateman.com.

The Event

Please note, Victoria will be speaking at this event naked. Entry to the event closes at 7:15pm." (emphasis added!)

eventbrite.co.uk/e/victoria-bateman-naked-feminism-with-rowan-pelling-tickets-617688963317

What's it like to bomb while nude? Do you wear shoes onstage? And, ahem ... https://www.instagram.com/p/Cse5dR-hohi/

Naked and hilarious current roster

The theater where I saw "Equus" back in 2017 is currently mounting a production of "Hair" with nudity:

skokietheatre.org/hair.html

Shows are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through July 30. It's a fairly small, intimate theater, so views may be good if they don't dim the lights too low. Haven't decided whether I'm going yet or not. A photo of the cast is attached. Some cuties!

Some pictures of the production: instagram.com/p/Ct1wsFruivl/

Fango

"Topless: The Musical". Takes place on a tour bus.

I'm guessing "topless" refers to the bus, but she does hint at going topless.

If you're at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest, may be worth checking out

linktr.ee/toplessthemusical

instagram.com/p/Cty0cs9N1PU/?hl=en

Edinburgh Fringe 2023
 

A few quick recommends from what Ive seen so far that has a nudity warning:
*Lucy & Friends. Covered topless. Full frontal legs wide apart nudity & pissing. Also very good show
*(Hong Kong Girls). 3 dancers. 1st girl nude (very good) for whole 20 minutes. The other 2 remain fully clothed & not so good.
*Spectacle of herself. New show from Contra star Laura Murphy. Topless from 20 min in & fully nude at the end. Excellent show.
*Andronicus Synedoche. 4 girls topless in one scene. Clear views but all too brief! Challenging musical based on the Shakespeare play.

Avoid:
*Chicken. No nudity & weird
*Alice Cockayne. Enjoyable show but no nudity
*Fish Bowl. No nudity. Well done piece about dementia.

I can also recommend Trash Salad which I saw earlier this year.

Seeing more over next week so will update further later

Please record some of these….please

Thanks for this. Seems like quite a bit of nudity claimed this year. Are you going to this...apparently features Larisa Faber nude...
tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/stark-boll ock-naked

Fluidical
 

Topless (maybe nude) dancer slithers in slime for your enjoyment. 13, 14 and 15th September at the fringe festival. Can anyone attend and record?

Adding to the above:

*Stark Bollock naked. One of the girls starts off fully nude FF and then the other girl tapes her slowly around her body. Thereafter used as a screen. Brief views near end again when she dresses. Challenging piece about choice of birth or abortion.
*Double Goer. Both girls topless for 20 minutes or so. Both attractive.
*Weathervances. Exhibition with chanting and bells. Three naked models on podiums. 2 male and 1 female who move to the music. OK.
*Ask a stripper - very good ff nudity
* High Steaks - full nudity but you’ll need a strong stomach

If want nudity avoid Courtney Pauroso. Skimpy outfit but no nudity.

HD trailer for the section of (Hong) Kong Girls with nudity: youtube.com/watch?v=zgarWrZt8ug

and for Weathervanes: vimeo.com/611543804

Final update
 

Just finished my stint at this year's fringe.

More Nudity:

* WET - one girl (Emma) fully nude as she comes out of a box. Clear FF view but brief. Sadly the other 4 girls only to underwear. Enjoyable show.
*Claire Woolner. Wears a transparent top (no bra) throughout so nipple visiable throughout. Fully exposes breasts briefly in one sketch. Good show.
*(o) (o) Lenessa Long and Eliza Dillon. Late show. Both com in backwards in full body outfits - turn around to show boob fully exposed. Rest of show both wear top and short skirts. Frequent flashing of tits. One twerking scene (but sadly wearing small pink panties). Ends with breast again exposed. This Free show was better than many paid shows at the Fringe and recommended.
*Mass Effect. For me the best show at this year's fringe. 3 stunning girls ultimately fully nude including the bow at the end. See separate post.

Mass Effect at Edinburgh Fringe - Summerhall
 

For me best show this Fringe.

Starts of with a gym workout / dance. With 3 women and 2 men all in different gym wear. As the 'dance' progresses then out garments start to be removed. After a while one girl goes topless but the others remain clothed. Then all of them (including the 2 men) gradually remove everything and are fully naked for the rest of the show (including the final bows).

During the late stages thy are joined on stage by local dancers. Some of the men get fully nude but none of the ladies. (I suspect this may change as the run goes on).

The 3 women are stunning and can be seen in this video:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv5nsxAMQAi/?img_index=2

Stark Bollock Naked
 

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-o...-bollock-naked

As noted in earlier post Larisa Faber gets fully naked.

She can be seen nude in the film Angelo:

https://videocelebs.net/larisa-faber...gelo-2018.html

Thank you for your reports from Edinburgh! I have to say this sounds so good, exactly the kind of show I would love to see. Any chance you could give us a more detailed report of the dancers bodies? They look attractive, so it would be cool to know more.

Mass Effect
 

The 3 female performers are Paola Drera, Elise Ludinard, Heli Pippingskold. All 3 are stunning.

If you look at Heli's showreel you can see an extract from Mass Effect starting at about 2 minutes in (including some nudity).

vimeo.com/helipippingskold

Received a 5* review in The Stage today

thestage.co.uk/reviews/mass-effect-review-summerhall-edinburgh-himherandit-andreas-constantinou

11-12 November: Soiled @ Kortrijk


nextfestival.eu/events/soiled


looks like there will be tits on display - for more I'll know after the show...

Hi Fango, did you go to this?

Any footage of the nudity anywhere?

This sounds interesting, but pissing?? I need to see this.

Nope:

1. Tickets were way overpriced, IMO. I recall paying half as much for Equus.
2. There was no one in the cast attractive enough for me to want to spend that much to see them naked.
3a. I actually don't care for the "Hair" nude scene (or group nude scenes in general) all that much. I prefer solo/duo/trio nude scenes. Any more than three's a crowd (with notable exceptions).
3b. There was no guarantee that the scene wasn't going to be in shadow or dim lighting, or partially obscured (e.g. men at the front of the stage, women at the back); if it was, I would have wasted my money, because...
4a. I'm not that interested in "Hair" outside of the nude scene. It's not really my scene, man.
4b. The preview videos on Instagram of the performers dancing down the aisles put me off, and put me in mind of my favorite Onion article of all-time: https://www.theonion.com/oh-no-perfo...nce-1819570636

Fango

Not footage, and not fully nude… but there are a couple cropped-to-topless photos at himherandit[dot]com/mass-effect. They’re from a different production and may be different actors than the Fringe production (no Heli, at least).

Goodbye Lindita
 

saw Goodbye Lindita the other day - it will be on in Amsterdam 3-4 Feb. 2024


https://ita.nl/en/shows/goodbye-lindita/3610042/


It is a very powerful piece, no spoken words, worth seeing even without the nudity.


now for the good part:
the actress playing the dead girl is standing fully naked facing the audience for 1/3 of the play - during the rest of the play she is mostly nude in various positions. She has nice tits and a thick bush - you cannot see her lips (pics 2, 3, 8).


the actress playing the mother strips completely naked towards the end of the play - she is completely shaved and you get a nice view of her tits and pussy lips (pic 9).


one of the actresses playing one of the sisters strips completely naked towards the end of the play and performs a very powerful dance, allowing you to view all her assets - she has a bush, you cannot see her lips clearly (pic 1).


the two actresses playing the other 2 sisters (pics 3, 7), appear topless towards the end of the play, allowing good viewing of their breasts - one of them has huge tits bouncing around (pic 3).


the actress playing the goddess, shows one of her breasts towards the end of the performance (pic 6).


the male actor playing the father, also strips completely naked towards the end and shows himself fully.


I didn't manage to take any pics, as my device was not working - will try to do so when I go again to the show in February.


As I said, it is worth seeing, even if it were not for the nudity!

Thanks so much that’s an amazing review! Do you know by chance the actress’s name with the dark hair in Pic 3? Is she the one that was bouncing around at the play’s end?

In pic 3 you see 2 girls:


the dead girl on the right, which must be Katerina Kristo
the big tits girl on the left, which must be Alexandra Hasani

the one dancing like crazy in the end must be Vassiana Skopetea
the mother is Chryssi Vidalaki



none of the actresses are wider known and it is hard to find more about them in google

If you're in London, this one looks interesting.

hxxxs://www.wearevault.org/apov/naked-show

really hope someone can go to this and report back. I’m curious if she actually gets naked on stage or artfully avoids it / covers up. it’s a work in progress, so I feel like there’s a better chance of more nudity that she might cut later.

to me, this post implies that the concept for the show is that she’s a life model and the audience is an art class. hopefully this means she’ll be posing naked, and the show will be a monologue delivered while she’s standing there, with her speaking her thoughts out loud to the audience. and the audience drawing her while the show is going on is a cool idea.

I could be misreading the implication and being overly optimistic, of course. might just be topless, might be lit or staged in such a way that the nudity is covered. but if the show is actually her standing on stage completely naked and talking for an hour, that would be incredible.

(and please be very careful about not directly linking anything or typing her name or any identifying info on OCC. she’s not famous so there’s a good chance she will see any press about this and be googling her name and naked. she’s in a very vulnerable position advertising this, and we want her to actually go through with the performance.)

If anyone's in the area of Lancaster, PA this month, they're doing Equus and the actress playing Jill is very cute (and possibly making her nude acting debut here)

thefulton.org/shows/equus