Sometimes the best theatrical nudity is when you really aren’t expecting it. I hadn’t previously considered the works of Henrik Ibsen as likely to feature nudity (with the possible exception of Peer Gynt which is totally bonkers). So when I went along to see ‘Little Eyolf’ at the Almeida Theatre in London I was pleasantly surprised that the delightful Lydia Leonard gave us a very good look at her boobs. There was maybe a tiny hint of bush although I think the latter was likely to be by accident rather than a deliberate act. Well worth a visit but you do need to be the in the left hand side (facing the stage) of the theatre to get the best effect. These are the low numbered seats. I was near the front at the far left and probably had the best view. If you are the other side I think at best you are going to get a side boob view. The play runs until the 9 Jan. In my experience of the Almeida there are often tickets available on the web site on the day of the performance that were previously showing as sold.
London’s Vault festival is coming soon and the line-up is going to be released on 4 January. The Alchemist Theatre Company who are the folks behind the much admired ‘Liberation’ have tweeted that they may be there. No details yet but even if they aren’t there is usually someone putting on a show with an element of nudity (even if it’s not obvious from the description).
Also Ursula Martinez is bringing her show ‘Free Admission’ to the Soho Theatre in February. I saw a preview of this last Sumer at the Purcell Rooms in London. I’m assuming that most of you will be familiar with Miss Martinez from the Naked Magician clip but this is much more of a theatrical piece. However, at the end she does get naked and in the version I saw then ran out the theatre, still naked, and onto the South Bank outside. This was filmed by her stage manager and beamed back live to a screen in the Theatre.
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