Ursula Martinez: Free Admission
Ursula Martinez is many things: an Olivier Award winner, a cult cabaret diva, a star of stages across the world…but above-all-else she is a first-rate provocateur.
Selling out the Malthouse’s season of My Stories, Your Emails, Britain’s most acerbic performance artist is back on her dirty soapbox for Midsumma, baring her soul (and possibly more).
Free Admission sees her building a real brick wall between herself and the audience, while revealing her hopes, fears, frustrations, delights and disappointments. Urusla celebrates the contradictions and inconsistencies that make us human — all with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek.
An original cast member of circus-cabaret phenomena La Soirée, Ursula is most famous for subverting the striptease in her outrageous magic striptease act 'Hanky Panky', where she pulls a handkerchief out of just about everywhere.
"It’s a full-frontal statement and demonstration of honesty, vulnerability and power." – ★★★★ Time Out
"...funny, tongue-in-cheek, heartfelt and emotional." – ★★★★ The Guardian
Co-commissioned by SouthBankCentre and Fierce Festival.
** Note: Full Price ticket price is listed for a double pass. Single tickets can be taken up by members.
Feedback/Comments
Dull
not as good as expected however thrown out of comfort zone
wonderful
Ursula is a witty wordsmith with a show that tells it like it is. Open, honest, funny and that's the naked truth.
Awesome inspiring and cleverly constructed show.. great performer
Poignant, funny and political work.
Very clever show
great show, wiki
Funny and insightful.
Very interesting performance very confronting
Enjoyed it immensely, tho my wife absolutely stoked and loved it. A very entertaining lady.
THE 'RED HANKY' LADY DOES IT AGAIN!
hmmm...
Oh so different to anything I have seen, very interesting show for sure.
amazing!
A show for NOW!!
A performance worth seeing
Enthralling and very entertaining
Ursula had the audience in the palms of her hands
Had no expectations about the show but came out extremely impressed. Totally irreverent and totally entertaining while being very thought provoking. Loved it and look forward to more from Ursula Martinez.
A very interesting show, definitely made you think, very deep yet funny, yet satisfying.
Very entertaining in all respects
Thanks!
Great performer doing interesting work! Also wonderful to see interesting, more experimental productions!
Great show - very talented lady
Agree with the others. Thought provoking!
A very enjoyable and entertaining performance. Many funny moments but also poignant at times. Highly recommended.
Ursula Martinez is a real gem. Funny, insightful, poignant, entertaining and brave. And not a bad brick layer to boot! Highly recommended.
In Free Admission, Ursula Martinez skilfully and meditatively constructs a metaphor to modern life's deep and dark ponderables with wit, wisdom and plenty of cheek!
Funny and emotional
From laughing to feeling sad, mesmerising and real life, thought provoking show. Keeps you wondering and thinking the whole time. Highly recommend this amazing talent.
Surprised at what a good show it ended up being and Relieved NOT to have seen hankies coming out of places they shouldn't BE in the first place! Entertaining, clever, funny, poignant and "shocking" in a Nice way !
Great show, I feel challenged!
Great performance
Thought provoking
Thank you
Funny & sad - real life stories, loved it
Ursula Martinez provides her show 'Free Admission' as part performance art, part comedy and part conversation with some sharp points which succeeded in leaving me both entertained and with thought.
Another brick in the wall.....certainly NOT. Topical, thought provoking...long after the show ends. A lot of themes are compacted into an hour and to top it off the audience celebrates her courage to venture out into the world in a way that most of us wouldn't ever dare consider, let alone doing. Loved it and highly recommend.
Loved the show. My previous experience was the red hanky at Spiegeltent - so it was great to hear her do a performance rather than 'see' it.
Very witty!
A bit disappointing