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Ockham's Razor presents...

TESS



  • Corn Exchange Auditorium
  • Full Price £24.25  / 
  • Concessions £16.25  / 
  • Schools £11 (including booking fees)
A woman in a long white dress spins as a group of performers in the same white dress do flips behind her
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Tess is a groundbreaking adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles.

An ensemble of performers weave together Hardy’s words and the extreme physicality of circus to tell this tale of power, loss and endurance.

Tess weaves together acrobatics, aerial, dance and physical theatre. Against a backdrop of projections, the cast wield wooden planks, climb shifting walls and move through ropes and swathes of linen to evoke the vast landscapes and interior worlds of Hardy’s Wessex.

It is a story which still has extraordinary relevance for our times in its incredibly nuanced evocation of female relationships, sexual desire, consent, privilege and poverty.

This retelling captures the beauty, heartbreak and yearning of the novel and draws upon the incredible strength of the circus body to create a Tess as heroic as Hardy intended.

Three women run around a man in circles as he holds another woman up in the air with one hand
Lit by orange light three performers swing a woman high in the air
A woman in a white dress sits on a horse as she looks up at a blue starry night sky

Full of joy, wonder and delight.

The Guardian ★★★★

Performance time: 7.30pm

Duration: 2 hours (including interval)

Age Guide: 12+

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