A theatre show that centres on disability and identity, exploring how identities can lose their effectiveness when overused.
What's The F*cking Point? runs at The Weston Studio from Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October, a four-night stand in Bristol. It's a theatre show built around disability and identity, and the title isn't just for shock value — it's the question the whole thing works around.
The show takes its starting point from a single line: "Yeah, identities work a bit like antibiotics. The more people use them, the less effective they become." That's the hook the rest of the piece hangs on, and it sets the tone for how it handles the subject. Rather than treating identity as a fixed label you just step into, it looks at what happens when those labels start to wear thin or stop doing the work they're supposed to. It's a bit of a provocation, and it doesn't shy away from the friction that comes with it.
Because it's built around that one idea, the show spends its time unpacking it rather than just skimming the surface. It's a production that puts disability and identity centre stage, and it does so by asking what those things actually mean in practice, rather than just talking about them in the abstract. If you've spent any time thinking about how we describe ourselves — and who gets to decide which labels stick — that's exactly where this sits.
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It runs for four nights at The Weston Studio, from Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October, so you've got a few dates to choose from if you can't make the opening. It's a short run, and it's all in Bristol.
