Show Pony is the new autobiographical piece by Berlin-based circus company still hungry, in collaboration with British performance maker Bryony Kimmings.

A candid look at a life on stage and the painful moment when the stage no longer wants you, Show Pony brings past, present and an imagined future together as three women try to decide how they can go on, or if they should go on at all.

Packed full of love, laughter and lunacy, Show Pony by still hungry is a joyful scream into the face of the patriarchy that challenges us to question our prejudices towards age and femininity, on stage and off.

Show Pony blends text based storytelling with circus disciplines including straps, vertical rope, contortion and object manipulation. What initially appears to be a look behind the scenes of the circus industry transforms into open-heart surgery, a brutally honest confrontation with childhood conditioning, growing older and the importance of friendship.

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Duration: 60 minutes 

Age Recommendation: 12+

Languages: German or English

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Performers: Lena Ries, Anke van Engelshoven, Romy Seibt

Created by: still hungry and Bryony Kimmings

Sound Design and Original Music: Tom Parkinson

Choreography Scene: Sarah Blanc

Produced by: Chamäleon Berlin and still hungry

Supported by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR

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★★★★★

Just witnessed a trio of living, breathing modern day super-heroes!”

North West End UK

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★★★★

“Their feminist, matriarchal show is a delight, shining a spotlight into industry bullshit and joyfully imagining new, better worlds.” 

The List

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★★★★ 

"What emerges most is the bond between the women as they refuse to be reined in by circus´s biases..."

The Guardian

 

★★★★

"The heart of this story is the wit and wisdom with which they take us inside circus life, for women in particular, peeling back the sequins to reveal the human beings beneath."

The Scotsman

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"Raven, a play about having children and being a mother, was created in 2019 – just as self-critical and socially critical as Show Pony, which is now even more unabashedly autobiographical. A must-see!"

Berliner Morgenpost

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"But Show Pony is not just for circophiles. What is striking is how many of the prejudices and expectations – make everything look effortless, don’t talk about period pains or menopause –apply offstage, too… a mixture of often mordant humour, poignancy and pride."

The Guardian

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"A mixture of relentlessly candid biographical stories and circus tricks… The show is an almost therapeutic examination of the problems that older women have to contend with in the entertainment industry."

Arte Journal

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"In the piece, Lena Ries, Anke van Engelshoven and Romy Seibt reflect on growing older as an artist – sometimes with brutal honesty, sometimes with refreshing self-irony. The fabulous trio steps out of the illusion and takes a critical look at the entertainment industry, in which female artists are discarded at the age of 40 at the latest."

Der Tagesspiegel

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