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Toxic Monks

Photo from live staging. Copyright Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Elastic Theatre

Created by Jacek Ludwig Scarso Presented by Elastic Theatre Performed by The Old Telephone Exchange barbershop quartet: Adam Abo Henriksen, Charles Green, Steve Graney, Daniel Pargeter Originally commissioned for At Boiling Point Festival, London Filmed live at the Boiler House, London Met Video by Gerard Puigmal Created by Jacek Ludwig Scarso in co-production with Elastic Theatre, TOXIC MONKS is a durational live performance, specifically conceived for exhibition spaces and unusual locations. Dressed as monks, four barbershop vocalists engage in absurd tableaux, exploring ideas of masculinity, the sacred and the mundane, and the concept of 'live exhibit'. Barbershop music meets live art...

Photo from live staging. Copyright Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Elastic Theatre

Copyright Jacek Ludwig Scarso with Elastic Theatre

Excerpts from live staging at the Old Boiler House London, filmed by Gerard Puigmal

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