The Provocateurs: Superhero Porn / Hookers for Jesus

IN PERSON


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Artist:
The Provocateurs
Professional company
UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
Performers: 3

Festival:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Web-Site:
https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/2026SUPERHE

Genre:
Spoken Word

Age Limit:
14+

Description:
Dr Hailey Austin (Abertay University) undresses the secret origins of superhero comics, revealing how 19th-century nude photography and 1920s erotic pulp magazines created iconic superhero characters like Superman, Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, and influenced their revealing spandex costumes. Dr Jo Thor (The University of Edinburgh) journeys from Annie Lobert’s Hookers for Jesus ministry in modern Las Vegas to Victorian Scotland’s Magdalene asylums – prayer, work, refuge. Were they pioneering social care for prostitutes, or moral control? What should we borrow today?

Warnings:
None

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Venue Code:
12
Venue Room:
Stand 4 (capacity 35)
Venue:
The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
Venue Address:
28 York Place
Venue Postcode:
EH1 3EP

Performances

DayDateStartEndDurationPriceTitleStatus
Thu27/0817:3518:351:0012.00