Adam Scott-Rowley’s You Are Going to Die comes to VAULT Festival 2023

Adam Scott-Rowley’s You Are Going to Die comes to VAULT Festival 2023 in March.

Described as a “naked meditation on our impending annihilation”, the piece runs from 14 – 19 March 2023 at The Vaults’ Cage venue.

Performed entirely naked, Adam Scott-Rowley’s You Are Going to Die is a nail-biting descent into the loneliness, pain and existential anxiety of our time.

In this unique performance, Scott-Rowley uses nudity to form a genuine presence with the audience by creating an extremely vulnerable performance. This practice frames vulnerability as an attitude rather than a state, and considers it a strength, not a weakness. Vulnerability is about opening up to our experience non-judgmentally with acceptance and bravery, rather than hiding away or distracting ourselves from what we feel is confronting or anxiety-inducing.

The show will explore spiritual concepts such as no-self, as well as aspects of masculinity, queerness, and the solidity of identity. Characters and emotions will be deconstructed live in front of the audience, showing the unusual closeness of extreme emotions such as joy and sorrow, pain and ecstasy, and hatred and love.

Adam Scott-Rowley said: “What with the wars, pandemics, Brexit, thirteen years of Tory brutality, and the planet burning up, I thought it might be the right time to don my birthday suit and create another show for you. Let’s all come together for a shared purge and awakening to find some hope and humour in this desperate existence we’ve grown to consider normal.”

For more information and tickets, visit vaultfestival.com