Performer Name: Naomi Wood

Show Name: Gobbess

Show Description

Gobbess is a mesmerising genre-defying one-creature spectacle. Naomi doesn’t want to be a Goddess, she wants to be a grubby loud mouth Gobbess, and her tale is one you won’t want to miss. Prepare to be enchanted by a kaleidoscopic fusion of aerial hoop, spoken word, and storytelling in this tale about creativity and identity, of queerness and self- expression, blending circus with powerful spoken word to tell a story of rage, resilience, and transformation in the face of cat-calling, chaos & existential curiosity. It's been described as- *****’Laugh-out-loud humour’ ***** ‘Pure magic’ ***** ‘Delightful… unmissable’ Also ‘raw, incisive’ and ‘hilarious, wholesome, powerful’ Gobbess is a personal, moving and funny story about learning to live and embrace imperfection, following a cancer operation. It's about falling in love with whimsy and playfulness and not caring how you look doing it. It talks about being a creative in a capitalist hellscape and champions a safe space to share our frustration and failings in a world that prioritises playing by the patriarchy's rules.

I will soon have a small portable lighting rig. I can use a Bluetooth clicker and small speaker for audio suitable for smaller spaces.
I use a portable aerial rig that is adjustable in height up to 4m with a footprint of 9sqm ideally. I have a few other props and also do chair acrobatics. The show has the optional use of the aerial rig but if I use it the get in time is 1.5 hrs and strike in 30 mins. Without it I just need 30 mins either side. Simple lighting requirements. There is audio which i can trigger with Bluetooth is there isn't a technical operator or PA available.
I can design and print some flyers and posters but I have a commitment to sustainability so have a limit to the number of these. I would invest in paid organic social media content.
Gobbess is a mesmerising genre-defying one-creature spectacle. Naomi doesn’t want to be a Goddess, she wants to be a grubby loud mouth Gobbess, and her tale is one you won’t want to miss. Prepare to be enchanted by a kaleidoscopic fusion of aerial hoop, spoken word, and storytelling in this tale about creativity and identity, of queerness and self- expression, blending circus with powerful spoken word to tell a story of rage, resilience, and transformation in the face of cat-calling, chaos & existential curiosity.