Armour by Arno Ferrera & Gilles Polet (BE) @ Arnolfini Bristol

Schedule

Thu Oct 09 2025 at 08:15 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Arnolfini | Bristol, EN

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Circus City 2025 Edition: Bodies of Care presents
Armour by Arno Ferrera & Gilles Polet (BE) at Arnolfini Bristol
Thursday 9th + Friday 10th October
Doors: 20:15pm
Start Time: 20:30pm
Duration: 60 mins
Access: This is a non-verbal show. This venue is wheelchair accessible. For more information please see the venues website https://arnolfini.org.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility/
Warnings: The show contains partial nudity. It is recommended for ages 16+.
Armour explores issues of masculinity and virility, with the desire to offer a different perspective.
Drawing from the choreography of wrestlers and gladiators, three performers navigate and dissolve obstacles to connection and vulnerability. The audience surrounds them in a circle, close enough to witness moments of deep intimacy unfold.
Through dance, balance and hand-to-hand acrobatics, they shift between power and tenderness, play and seduction. What emerges is a representation of a love that is free and generous, universal and plural, in a joyful complicity with the audience.
“To know love, men must be able to let go the will to dominate. They must be able to choose life over death”
- Bell hooks
Arno Ferrera and Gilles Polet first worked together in 2021 on Cuir, a duet created by the company Un loup pour l’homme, which challenged traditional ideas of masculinity. With Armour -produced by the cultural centre Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels- they continue that journey, pushing further into the theme by developing a raw, physical language shaped by effort, intimacy, and endurance.
UK Premiere
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Arnolfini, Vwv, Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA, United Kingdom

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