WERKSTATT: LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND
JOSIANE SEGAR/CONNOR FOX/SOPHIE SCHULZE (LEIPZIG)
- WERKSTATT: LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND
LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND explores the absurdities of Victorian sexual morality through texts and images drawn from erotica, medicine, law, and personal diaries.
The Victorian era (1837–1901) saw a rising public obsession with chastity, purity and rigid gender roles that ran rampant through all walks of life. Behind this respectable façade, however, a rich underground culture flourished, where female desire, gender fluidity, and sexual experimentation were thrust into the spotlight and celebrated behind closed doors.
LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND embarks on a journey into this hidden world, shedding light on the absurdities, double standards, and peculiarities of Victorian sexual morality.
Through the lens of a disenfranchised young woman of the time and her battle to find fulfillment in a world not designed for her, these themes come together to show how much, and in some ways how little, our society has changed.
From 16 years.
In English.
Acoustic and visual stimuli: Erotic photos and sounds.
Duration: approx. 60 minutes.
A production by Josiane Segar, Connor Fox, and Sophie Schulze in collaboration with Werkstattmacher e. V. and LOFFT – DAS THEATER. Supported by the City of Leipzig – Cultural Office.
DIRECTOR + ACTRESS + CONCEPT Josiane Segar
ACTOR + PLAY DEVELOPMENT Connor Fox
TEXT + PLAY DEVELOPMENT Sophie Schulze
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT + PLAY DEVELOPMENT Nick Allin
ASSISTANT Cristina Jiménez Obregón
GRAPHIC Josiane Segar