Lashings of Ginger Beer Time

Triggers

Our shows are made up of lots of short sketches, and it's not always possible to provide much advance notice of which sketches we'll be performing (and, therefore, what triggers there might be). If you have particular concerns, please contact us and we'll do our best to help.

For shows with fixed set lists, we are able to provide fuller descriptions of the triggers involved.

We have given careful thought to the compilation of these lists but if you think, after having viewed the show, that we have missed something then please let us know so we can amend future programmes.

Fanny Whittington: A Queer Sort of Pantomime

(6th-8th June, Oxford, & 12th-24th August, Edinburgh Fringe)

FANNY WHITTINGTON: A QUEER SORT OF PANTOMIME is suitable for audiences aged fifteen and up: however, younger audience members are warmly welcomed at parents/guardians’ discretion. Please be aware that the pantomime contains open celebration of LGBTQ+ identities and frequent moderate-to-strong profanity. There is no nudity, drug use or sexual violence in the show.

CONTENT WARNINGS

The pantomime contains depictions of:

Slavery / imprisonment & forced labour
Physical violence (slapstick only)
Misgendering of trans*/genderqueer characters
Coded racism and nativism

all of which are strongly condemned by the storyline. It also portrays job-seeking difficulties and right-wing propaganda on immigration and the welfare state.

The pantomime also contains:

Sexual swear-words & innuendo
Tory policy
Really cheesy puns.

Past shows

Edinburgh Fringe 3rd - 17th August

We will be performing different setlists each night and therefore triggers will vary. Wherever possible we will decide each setlist at least 48 hours in advance and post the trigger warnings for the next few nights here. If you would like more detailed information about a particular trigger, or would like guidance on where the triggers occur within the show, please contact us.

3rd - 4th August
5th-6th August
7th-8th August
9th August
10th August
11th August
12th August -17th August

Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th August

This show contains one scene with graphic depictions of injuries resulting from domestic violence. This same scene also contains discussion of physical and sexual assault, and contrasts the character's injuries with her sexualisation/objectification. It is clear from the context that these things are condemned in the strongest possible terms, but the act is intended to be distressing.

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length:

Current Government policy
Body policing
BDSM
Transphobia
Fat hatred

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

Stalking
Women as property
Coerced sexuality
Eurocentrism

With the exception of BDSM, which is presented positively and with a strong emphasis on consent, all of the above are condemned in context.

Sunday 5th and Monday 6th August

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length in this show:

LGBTQ* youth suicide, in connection with isolation, violent cissexism and violent heterosexism. There will be an onstage warning before the acts which deal with this theme and audience members will be given an opportunity to leave the room.
Death (of fictional characters)
Current Government policy
BDSM
Misogyny
Transphobia
Graphic description of sexual acts

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

Child sex abuse
Stalking
Women as property
Mental health problems
Eurocentrism

Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th August

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length in this show:

Violence/abuse
Rape
Objectification
Body-policing
Current Government policy
Fat hatred
Graphic description of sexual acts

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

stalking
child sex abuse
identity policing/erasure
Eurocentrism

Thursday 9th August

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length in this show:

LGBTQ* youth suicide, in connection with isolation, violent cissexism and violent heterosexism.
Death (of fictional characters)
Current Government policy
Misogyny
Graphic description of sexual acts

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

Child sex abuse
Stalking
Women as property
Mental health problems
Eurocentrism

Friday 10th August

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length in this show:

Violence/abuse
Rape
Objectification
Body-policing
Current Government policy
Death (of fictional characters)
Fat hatred
Graphic description of sexual acts
BDSM
Misogyny

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

stalking
child sex abuse
Mental health problems
identity policing/erasure
Eurocentrism

Saturday 11th August

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length in this show:

LGBTQ* youth suicide, in connection with isolation, violent cissexism and violent heterosexism.
Death (of fictional characters)
Current Government policy
Misogyny
BDSM
Graphic description of sexual acts

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

Child sex abuse
Stalking
Women as property
Mental health problems
Eurocentrism

Sunday 12th August - Friday 17th August

Potentially triggering themes which will be explored at length in this show:

LGBTQ* youth suicide, in connection with isolation, violent cissexism and violent heterosexism.
Current Government policy
Graphic description of sexual acts
BDSM

Potentially triggering themes which will be mentioned:

stalking
child sex abuse
coerced sexuality
Eurocentrism

Cinderella - the Lashings of Ginger Beer Time Pantomime

Cinderella: A Queer Sort of Pantomime is suitable for audiences aged 12 and up: younger audience members are welcome at parental discretion. Please note that:

The performance depicts people in same-gender and poly relationships and shows mild consensual BDSM onstage.
There is no nudity: swearing is on a level commensurate with a 12A film rating.
The performance contains several instances of "slapstick" violence/comedically-presented fight scenes.
It also contains depictions of physical and verbal domestic abuse, and verbal harassment of a misogynist, classist, homophobic, transphobic and gender-essentialist nature. All of these are condemned by the story.