Shadow Boxing

Explore the sexuality, masculinity, violence, and vulnerability of the boxing ring!

Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas is a challenging solo work that explores masculinities, sexuality, violence, and identity. It looks at how human beings create their own fights, both inside and outside of the ring. We meet Flynn late one night after he has made the courageous decision to take back the respect society has ripped from him.

With minimal props and set, performer Samuel Addison shares with us what brought Flynn to this decision, and his journey to accepting his identity as a gay man. The character Flynn allows us to delve into the paradoxical nature of humanity. A paradox Gaddas distills through the metaphor of hands: which can be used to create, hold, and caress, or to beat, pound and destroy.