Devised and Performed by Girl Gang Manchester
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Girl Gang Manchester have been around since 2016 making all sorts of work and operating as a collaboration of artists, activists and academics working together to celebrate popular culture and feminist activism. Millennial Pink sees them turn up the volume on the turntable and explore bedroom pop culture and that baptism of fire that is transitioning from girlhood to teenager to young women.
The stage of Theatre 2 at HOME is transformed into a messy teenage bedroom ready for a sleepover and that’s exactly the vibe of this production as the performers snuggle on beds and share stories, break into song and try out synchronised dance moves. The overwhelmingly feelgood factor in this show is the generous and collaborative approach of all the performers on stage and dotted through the audience. If these millennial have learned anything from their experience growing up whether positive or negative it is that we are all better and stronger coming together and supporting each other.
As to be expected from Girl Gang Manchester, this is a production high on audience participation whether it’s reading out cue cards, singing along to karaoke or learning some dance routines. By the end of the show there are a lot of people onstage, myself included as the stage becomes a dance floor for everyone who remembers what it was to be a teenage girl. This is a show high on energy and exuberance that manages to thread the delicate line between celebrating the positives and calling out the slut shamers and the casual misogyny and double standards in our Society without ever sounding preachy. I loved the energy and the passion throughout this production and although the sound needs some tweaks to ensure every performer can be clearly heard, this is a show I would definitely want to see again.
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