BITCH: The Origin Of The Female Species is a theatrical reclamation of one of the most complex insults in the English language. From the Dark Ages to pop culture; Homer's Mistress of Animals, Artemis, to Jo Freeman's The BITCH Manifesto, BITCH offers a reflection of our 'animal selves', an embodiment of suppressed human urges and desires transformed into the perfect companion: 'man's best friend'.
Written, directed and performed by Edith Podesta (Dark Room x8, Illogic) and co-actor Helmut Bakaitis (The Architect in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded), BITCH with designers Brian Gothong Tan, Adrian Tan and Teo Wee Boon, BITCH will unpack our primordial instincts and unleash those animal impulses from the darkness of domesticity.
In reversing the roles of 'woman' and 'dog', BITCH will compel the audience to interrogate their own assumptions of the fundamental qualities of the human, within a human, as they witness the 'dog' impounded in the image of 'woman'. By illuminating the human/animal divide, BITCH seeks to unshackle perceptions of 'nature' from the constructs or 'culture'.
Developed with support from Centre 42.
(Source: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival Website)