“If you wanted to hold me. If you wanted to hold me. Hold me and tell me it’s okay”
Skin Hunger is about the power of touch – a vital aspect of humanity that so many of us didn’t realise we needed until it was restricted.
Written by Ann Akinjirin, Tim Crouch and Sonia Hughes Skin Hunger is a powerful live theatre experience which explores the fundamental role that touch plays in our lives, with refreshing humour and insight.
OFFIES WINNER 2022: IDEA Performance
Inspired by the plastic hug tunnels in Brazilian care homes, Dante or Die’s Artistic Directors devised a one-on-one performance exploring the role of touch in our lives. Skin Hunger gathers the writing of pioneering playwrights Ann Akinjirin, Tim Crouch & Sonia Hughes, along with reflections from the creative team, a foreword from a neuroscientist specialising in touch, and images from the original production that took place in a hidden chapel in London’s West End.
Watch Skin Hunger online before Friday 19 Apr 2024 at https://danteordie.ticketco.events/uk/en/e/skinhunger
“My cheek is folded into his neck. He’s speaking into my ear and I can feel his chest rising and falling against me. This hug is long, gentle, intimate and alien. Thanks to the huge sheet of plastic squeezed between us, covering us from head to toe and several feet further, it’s also completely risk-assessed.”
– The Guardian