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  • Kelly Green presents

    CHAV

    Tue 16 - Thu 18 Oct
    Tickets £12/10 (conc.)
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    Part lecture, part hen party, with a sprinkling of a conference and the grittiness of a squat rave,
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeThis production may advised for those 18+
    Health Notice
    Health NoticeThis production may contain nudity, strobe lighting and alcohol

    Kelly is sick and tired of being told that now she is a PhD student she no longer reads as working-class. She has learnt to talk the talk and walk the walk of class drag for middle-class people and spaces, to be heard and to be seen. Coz no one takes a CHAV seriously, do they? CHAV is a neon, grey, diamante and sticky solo performance, taking you on an autobiographical journey where Kelly vomits up her anger and frustrations about being a working-class single mum, artist and academic. The piece playfully explores and comments on working-class female identity, and how we both lose and reclaim ourselves through our lived experience of class.

    Developed on Starting Blocks 2018 at CPT.

    ""Charming, funny, highlighting the insidiousness effect class has on a single mum literally trying""
    Audience Member
    ""Made me want to stand up and scream 'Class War!'""
    Audience Member

    Tobi King Bakare and this theatre deserve a shout-out for such a young, diverse audience. There is so much talk about audiences being full of over 60s and why, why can’t theatres get the crowds in to reflect society in general? Well, I’m happy to say that on a rainy Thursday evening, the theatre was completely full.

    Caiti Grove on Before I Go in CPT's Spring 2023 season London Theatre Reviews