Seán Talbot's Scintillating Self-Discovery Smut Show
Photo credits: Kaiya Bartholomew
Are you horny or just bored? Tired of bad dates, or no dates at all? All on your lonesome, or is your partner just not scratching that itch? We are all stuck inside anyways- may as well have fun. Come to Seán Talbot’s Scintillating Self-Discovery Smut Show and explore pleasure and sexuality in 2022. Don’t worry there will be no hurt or complicated feelings here, we are all just here for a laugh, right? In this world, pleasure is both ridiculous and necessary. No quick fixes- you’re in for a long ride. But who’s in control?
Be warned, it is going to get messy.
Content warning: Contains work of a sexual nature & allusion to sex
Seán Talbot's Scintillating Self-Discovery Smut Show was a theatrical clowning performance made for and performed in Into the New 2022 at the New Athenaeum Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and released online.
Made while coming out of a pandemic and multiple lockdowns, this performance was a comedic and tender dive into sexuality during isolation. A two man show- one performer and one dildo together explore all the possibilities of connection and objectification with a live audience. Preoccupied with questions of connection, pleasure, representation and materiality, Seán was inspired by intimate queer performance artist Adrian Howells, Le Gateaux Chocolat, Ivo Dimchev, as well as the styles of cabaret and clowning performance, and reading Matthew Todd's Straight Jacket, Why Is That So Funny? by John Wright, Queer Phenomenology by Sarah Ahmed and more. Seán Talbot's Scintillating Self-Discovery Smut Show was a physical performance where flesh meets silicone, glitter, and reality.
Created and performed by Seán Talbot in front of a small live audience and filmed by Gregor Barclay for the digital Into The New festival 2022.
Stage Managers: Zeni Bollok, Nina Madriz
Lighting: Rhia Mitsuhashi, Josh Brown
Tech Team: Toby Cass, Rory Campbell, Dylan Mclean
Video Supervisor: Ellie Thompson
Tutor/Mentor: Jiaxi Wang
Supported by production staff and and mentorship by CPP staff.
Seán Talbot's Scintillating Self-Discovery Smut was archived by CPP1 student Tatiana Chater-Davies. You can view this archive here: Seán Talbot Archive
Photo credits: Julia Bauer
Seán Talbot's Scintillating Self-Discovery Smut Show TRAILER
Original filming by Gregor Barkley, trailer by Seán Talbot