Love Theater

We move a small part of Thailand, the hotspot of sextourism, to Copenhagen: A Thai hotel room and a sex worker, who reconstructs her life – with the audience as her customers. An extremely intimate performance on a global topic told through touches, smells, sounds and the close encounter with another human being.

Ping Pong normally lives in the Thai city of Chiang Mai and has been a sex worker with Thai and Western men as customers, friends, boyfriends and relations for 20 years. She takes part in our sensual and playful exploration of what sextourism is and what it tells us about our world and our identity. Why do so many people travel so far for an intimate relation?

Ten audiences enter a Thai hotel room with Ping Pong as host. One by one, they take part in reliving her previous encounters with customers. She directs the audiences and guides them through the episodes. What happens when two people meet in a beer bar in Thailand?

This is a performance about sex of course, but also about our basic needs, like love and intimacy.

The project is supported by Danish Arts Council, Københavns Kommunes Scenekunstudvalg and Konsul George Jorcks og hustru Emma Jorcks Fond.

Love Theater was performed 2-23 May 2015 at Pumpestationen in Copenhagen.