Remove your shoes, coats and bags, as you are about to encounter the Arctic’s whitest predator, with black skin.
Join a well-trained member of staff as we enter the polar bear’s natural habitat and experience this animal like never before. Be one of the privileged few to say they have pet, played with, and fed a polar bear.
This is an audience-led participatory performance that uses the excitement of a polar bear encounter to explore race, identity and the community.
About Us
The Privileged
The Privileged was developed at the University of Chichester, which both supported and funded the performance as part their postgraduate Performance (Theatre) degree. It premiered as part of SPILL Festival’s 2014 National Platform scheme. Jamal Harewood was mentored by Selina Thompson, Sheila Ghelani and Pete Phillips (of Search Party).
Jamal Harewood is a performance artist who creates audience-led participatory performance events that focus on identity and race. He works with the audience to create unique experiences, believing that these events should be playful experiences that allow everyone to get involved.
/“an extraordinary charged and disturbing meditation on cultural stereotypes and perceptions and fears”Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
/“a terrifyingly good show”Megan Vaughan, Synonyms of Churlish