Lash Out

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Date Reviewed: 26/09/2025

Not for the faint-hearted.

Whips, chains and fire combine to create an awe-inspiring and downright shocking performance.

Lash Out showcases the limits of the female body in which trapeze artists, contortionists, flame throwers and whip crackers come together with an incredibly explicit comedy to create a show that actually works.

The performance delivers a sensorial overload in which you will see bodies flying, lights flashing and a killer-sound track that will leave you shocked, startled and a little confused.

It is a refreshing experience for those who are tired of the monotonous conservatism that seems to overtake so much of our lives, providing a heavy dose of realism that will leave you wide awake by the end of the show.

Showcasing an all-female cast, Lash Out provides a feminist critique through a circus medium. It makes us question the patriarchy that has sought to fetter, bind and categorise the female body as something that needs to be hidden and controlled. The soundscape and lights only seek to heighten the tension allowing the the resistance to be both seen and felt.

It puts the female body on show and dares onlookers to witness its limits. It is a liberating experience as women fly through the air, contort their bodies and blow fire in a defying portrayal of strength and sexual liberation.

Lash Out fits in seamlessly with the ethos of the Fringe Festival. In being a production that is both daring and experimental, it creates a show that touches on taboo and provocative topics surrounding the female body and sexuality seeking to unsettle and challenge its audience.

Lash Out is a performance that openly critiques a voyeuristic culture by creating a show that encourages people to look. It forces the audience to recognise its own complicity as consumers of sexual entertainment leaving you unsure of whether to gasp, laugh or look away. In its refusal to play it safe, its bold engagement with themes of power and control become a political gesture seeking to re-write the narrative of the limits of the female body.

It is a show that captures the boldness of the Fringe Festival through a performance that is simultaneously unforgettable, unpolished and unapologetic.

For the brave few that are willing to step in to the chaos, Lash Out is a modern production that will incite conversations long after the show is over.

Reviewed by Samantha Mackenzie