Back by popular demand! Bold, funny, fearless, a raw and riotous reckoning with power, guts, and identity.
Fresh off the back of a SELL OUT UK wide tour, shortlisted for two awards and WINNER of Most Outstanding Dance Production at The Brighton Fringe 2026, Elle brings her five star solo work MEAT to The Nest at Chichester Festival Theatre for ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Tickets available now:
**** 'Brilliantly executed. Tears up the rulebook.
MEAT is perfectly disobedient.
THE SCOTSMAN
***** A tour-de-force performance fusing spoken word and physical theatre. Not only has she mastered both forms, she fuses them into something new, something greater.
THREE WEEKS
***** MEAT is the best thing at this year's fringe. If I could give it more than five stars I would.
GETTHECHANCE.WALES
***** It would be difficult to discuss this year's fringe without mentioning Elle Dillon-Reams. Not only a gifted performer, but a kind, bold, and truthful one with an important story to tell.
***** A challenging yet life-affirming piece of theatre that raised questions long after leaving the theatre and is as Dillon-Reams describes it herself :
'Work that leaves audiences with hope. My art is activism, my art is an antidote to the hopeless.'
JOE ROSENTHAL -SNACK MAG
'Dillon-Reams has a kindly presence that draws you in.'
The GUARDIAN
MERVYN STUTTER'S PICK OF THE FRINGE '23
‘ Men are afraid that women will laugh at them.
Women are afraid that men will kill them.'
MARGARET ATWOOD
MEAT is an electrifying roar of fury, a rallying cry of protest & unifying celebration of strength packed with heroism & heart. A playful and poignant exploration of identity. Written by multi-award winner Elle Dillon-Reams, 'Best Newcomer' The Scotsman.
A dirty dive into the foundations of power, an injection of a new narrative - MEAT is a theatrical hybrid of poetry, clowning, cabaret and dance featuring original music.
‘Memories demand attention, because memories have teeth’
VIOLA DAVIS
Writer & Performer: Elle Dillon-Reams
Directors: Len Gwyn and Roann Hassani McCloskey
Music & Composition: Porsche Present and Rachel Barnes
Sound Design & Production: Xana
Choreography: Chess Dillon-Reams
Tech support: Roshan Conn
Safeguarding Consultancy: Louise Orwin
Marketing, Movement and Wellbeing Support: Melanie Gleeson
Images: Rah Petherbridge
Produced by: Elle Dillon-Reams, Paul Moss & Emily Oldroyd
With thanks to Emer Dineen, Beth Sitek, Tramshed, Camden People's Theatre. Supported with funding from Arts Council England
Show Photography : Ali Wright
Poster Images: Rah Petherbridge
with thanks to George Alexander Thompson,
House of Harlot, and Wildcard Studios
Poster Design: Daisy Minto
MEAT was conceived in 2020 and was originally programmed for VAULT 2021 which was cancelled. This forged a collaboration opportunity with Flugelman Productions and Spotify where the show was reimagined as an audio piece.
Musicians and Sound Designers :
Emer Dineen and Porscha Present
Director: Edwina Strobl
Dramaturgy, Producer: Hayley Ricketson
'Flugelman Production's'
MAKE ME
podcast series
Available via Spotify.
