Dates
10.00: Billingham begins battle with the ocean on Porthmeor beach
16.30: The artist returns to Porthmeor beach to apologise to the ocean for her earlier actions
About this event
Alex Billingham’s queer melodrama reenacts the mythical battle between human, deity and the sea. Over two thousand years ago the Roman Emperor Caligula declared war on Neptune, God of the ocean. Now it’s time for an ultra-glam rematch.
Billingham uses experimental theatre and film to explore genderqueer, trans and disabled experience. In Fishwives Revenge, the sea and its tides symbolise the intersectional spaces of Billingham’s own identity and the continually changing landscape of the artist’s body.
“Fishwives Revenge reflects my experiences of existing with a fluid body; my everyday normal shifts from second to second depending on a thousand micro factors. In this performance every little defect gets respect. My disability and queerness sit beside me in the work, ever-present but never defining me”. Alex Billingham
Location: The Loggia outside the main entrance Tate St Ives and Porthmeor beach
Fishwives Revenge 2022 Ⓒ Alex Billingham
Art, Community, Tech, Workshops
Mon 30th Jun, 2025 — Fri 4th Jul, 2025
Falmouth University, Penryn Campus, Penryn
£650 — £650
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Comedy, Theatre
Fri 4th Jul, 2025
Solomon Browne Memorial Hall, Mousehole, Penzance
£14 — £14
Art, Community
Sat 14th Jun, 2025 — Fri 4th Jul, 2025
Memorial Hall, Padstow
£0 — £0
Outdoor, Theatre
Fri 4th Jul, 2025
Cardinham Woods, Bodmin
£8 — £15
Art, Community, Live Music, Outdoor
Wed 9th Jul, 2025
Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St Ives
Art, Family, Outdoor, Workshops
Wed 6th Aug, 2025 — Fri 8th Aug, 2025
Tate St Ives, St Ives
£4.50 — £4.50
Art, Community, Live Music, Outdoor, Tech
Wed 6th Aug, 2025 — Wed 27th Aug, 2025
Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St Ives
Art, Family, Workshops
Sat 26th Jul, 2025 — Sun 31st Aug, 2025
Tate St Ives, St Ives
