FAMEHUNGRY
What it is
Theatre is redefined for the brat generation.
Louise Orwin has read the writing on the wall: performance art is dead. Perhaps. Hoping to revive a generation’s faith in the live arts, Louise Orwin – the multiple award-winning, London-based cult performance artist – brings her smash-hit theatrical experience about life, death, the future of art, the attention economy and the online micro-celebrity to HOME this January.
FAMEHUNGRY is a helter-skelter nosedive into social media, asking what it means to be an artist now. Fusing performance art with very real and very live TikTok experiences, audiences are invited to join Louise on a Sisyphean mission to make art and find beauty and hope in the relentless, algorithm-driven attention economy.
The show questions the lengths people will go to be seen and what it feels like to be hungry for fame in the face of a world on fire. To do this, Louise enlists Gen Z TikToker Jax Valentine (21, 80k followers) to guide her (37, 4k followers) through a brave new world of dance trends, 24-hour live-streaming, enforced face filters and endless monetisable content.
Questions
When does FAMEHUNGRY start and end?
FAMEHUNGRY runs Thursday, 19 November 2026.
Where is FAMEHUNGRY?
FAMEHUNGRY takes place at HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester.
