HIGH STEAKS is a "soulful, profound and ultimately joyful" (The Guardian) show about labia shaming and labiaplasty (the surgery to make the labia smaller/more symmetrical).

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Award-winning, queer performer, ELOINA, hangs two beef steaks from her labia, butchers them up & sizzles them on a grill. And...her mum is in the show.

 

Seamlessly melding performance art and comedy clowning, HIGH STEAKS discusses rising demands in young people for labiaplasty. Through live conversations with her mum and recorded interviews with labia-owners, HIGH STEAKS is a call for increased visibility of varied vulvas and a celebration of our vulvas in all their shapes & sizes.

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HIGH STEAKS sold out VAULT Festival twice, making a transfer to the largest venue at the festival for the final weeks as a result of receiving 5 star reviews across the board. The show won the Summerhall Pick of VAULT Festival 2023 award, VAULT Show of the Week award and the Summerhall Lustrum Award after a completely sold out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2023. The show has received 3 OFFIE nominations and was picked as part of the Top 5 Theatre Shows 2023 in The Guardian as well as 50 Unmissable Shows at Edinburgh Fringe, ToDoList and Top 3 Shows to See at VAULT Festival, Time Out.

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Empowering feminist shows about censorship are common. However, labia-shaming & labiaplasty is one topic that even labia owners censor from themselves.

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HIGH STEAKS was developed at PARL (Performance Art Ljubljana) 2021 

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Birthed, Created, Performed & Produced by ELOINA 

Directed by Louise Orwin

Star of the show: ELOINA's Mama (Annie Haines)

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Technical Stage Management by Roshan Conn

Safeguarding Management by Joe Iredale

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Sound Design by Sammy Metcalfe & Louise Orwin 

Sound Design Consultancy by Liv Lynch 

Lighting Design by Lily Woodford-Lewis 

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Performed at:

OSLO Fringe

BRISTOL OLD VIC

THE LOWRY

BRIGHTON DOME (Caravan Assembly)

NEW DIORAMA THEATRE

CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION

JACKSONS LANE

CLAY, LEEDS

SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH FRINGE

COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE

VAULT FESTIVAL

FALMOUTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL