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  • Maedb Joy presents

    Home Sweet Hell

    Tue 6 Jun at 9pm
    Tickets £8 (work-in-progress)
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    Ruby has been camming on and off since she was 14 years old. Initially groomed into sex work, she finds herself re-entering to support her career as a writer.
    Content Notice
    Running Time 50 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Relaxed Performance
    Relaxed Performance
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeUnderage sex work, financial abuse, emotional abuse, stigma, grooming, exploitation

    Ruby has been camming on and off since she was 14 years old. Initially groomed into sex work, she finds herself re-entering the sex industry to support her career as a writer. Home Sweet Hell follows her as she destroys her long-term relationship, leaves the only place that ever felt like home, and navigates what it means to exist as a working class creative in London.

    Sitting at the intersection of feminist vs anti-feminist sex work arguments, we watch as she performs her trauma for the male gaze in an attempt to access the future she has trained for.

    Home Sweet Hell frames sex work as a decision made in the face of poverty, an inescapable repeated pattern, and one that comes written in permanent ink.

    A mixture between devised and written work, the script has been pieced together from poems written on the backs of till roll while working minimum wage jobs, verbatim cam room chats, poetry freestyles, written duologues and performance poems.

    Watch the trailer here!

    "Great writing and performance. Funny, sad, interesting, and multi-layered. Loved the mix of acting and spoken word."
    Audience member, first draft WIP A Pinch of Vault
    "Maedb's naked vulnerability is such a contrast to her strong, secure, hard as nails flow. Incredible"
    Audience member, first draft WIP A Pinch of Vault

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