Your Sexts are Shit

By Rachel Mars

Your Sexts Are Shit: Older Better Letters is the new solo show from Rachel Mars. It is an intimate, funny, filthy and moving show that triangulates the sex and love letters of long dead artists, contemporary sexts and a meditation on the construction of the queer female body. What role does writing have in creating our sexual identity? How do we write ourselves and for whom? How have newer, faster communication methods changed the way we write desire?

The show features an array of letters from dead writers, artists and a monk. They include James Joyce, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mozart and Radclyffe Hall. Mars brings the letters to the stage, accompanied by slides of footnotes providing background information about the writers and the context they were writing in. The show then focuses on a powerpoint of sexts sent to Mars by anonymous donation from platforms like whatsapp, Grindr and good old text message. The final element is a deep dive into a personal narrative about how Mars writes her own female queer sexual desires.

Dates, Venues & Tickets

Theater aan het Spui
Spui 187, 2511 BN Den Haag

15 June 2024 | 20:00 Your Sexts are Shit performance
16 June 2024 | 13.15 Poetic Sexting workshop
16 June 2024 | 15:00 Your Sexts are Shit performance

 

Stadsschouwburg
Lucasbolwerk 24, 3512 EJ Utrecht

17 June | 20.30 Your Sexts are Shit performance

Running time

65 Minutes

Ticket prices

Adults: €24
Student /CJP /Under 16/ Guide: €18,50

Recommended age 14+
Book tickets here

Accessibility

Theater aan het Spui has an adapted chair for wheelchair users, which can be removed if you’d prefer to sit in your own wheelchair, as well as space for a friend if you contact them in advance. They have an adapted toilet that can accommodate wheelchair users. There is a parking garage near Theater aan het Spui with a number of adapted parking spaces. For more information see here.

Poetic Sexting Workshop

16 June 2024 | 13:15 – 14:45 I Theater aan het Spui | The Hague

Ready to get YOUR sexting to the next level? During this workshop you’ll approach your sexts in a poetic way like you never thought you would. You can buy a combination ticket for the workshop + show for a reduced price! For more information, click here.

Picture by Connie Chow

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