Ruff Play

Ruff Play
A large figure with their body and face painted holds another person mid-air, wearing just shorts and ankle-length boots, slamming them towards the floor of a boxing ring, on which the prostrate form of another wrestler is just about visible. Around the edges of the ring, other wrestlers, one with a painted face like a bear, look on. A woman in a bowler hat and skin-tight outfit with flared trousers looks on shouting.
A white man with tousled hair holds both his hands up, wearing a white t-shirt. Another white man with their back to the camera moves as if to high-five one of them. In teh background, several people with their arms cross look on.
A wrestler with their face painted like a bear crouches in fear, wearing shin-length boots and kneepads and red shorts, away from the profile of a figure on their haunches with their face painted blue and grey and with ears on their head. In the background is the corner of the boxing ring and a large window.

Images by Rob Brazier

  • 7 Oct 2023  — 12:00 pm
  • Nonsuch Studios
  • 92 Lower Parliament Street, Nottingham NG1 1EH, Nottingham, UK
  • £5

Curious about why bears, performance, and the past are so closely intertwined?

Join the Box Office Bears team, the sports entertainment company Wrestling Resurgence, and like-minded collaborators, for a day long workshop exploring the surprising role of bears and other animals in popular performance—historically and today. The day will include talks, discussion and practical elements, including wrestling and drama activities. Whether you are a theatre lover, wrestling enthusiast, combat aficionado, Shakespeare fanatic, or all the above and more, this hands (and paws) on workshop will have something for everyone.