piss / CARNATION is a multi-award winning transfeminine performance art duo. Our namesake is from the German pissnelke which denotes: the otherworldly flowers which grow from piss-soaked corners of truck stops, or: contemptible women. piss / CARNATION combines radical bodily performance with poetic new writing and bizarre alternative comedy. We resist gendered expectation through blistering honesty and abject physicality. Often this all kinda gives tr*nny Pina Bausch in the sewers of femininity.
Our productions have received critical acclaim and have shown in high-profile venues including Soho Theatre, New Diorama Theatre and Camden People's Theatre. We have been described as “brutally revealing” (The Guardian â‘â‘â‘â‘), “peerlessly fearless” (To Do List â‘â‘â‘â‘â‘) and “more than a little scary” (Flora Gosling â‘â‘â‘â‘).