Turk(ish)  is an autobiographical piece using a combination of live music, contemporary circus and storytelling to discuss personal struggles of identity and Western beauty standards.

Poppy Plowman collaborated with Zara Hudson, cellist graduate from the Royal College of Music and together they have combined their passions to create Turk(ish), an empowering show that proactively embraces identity and inspires anti-oppressive attitudes to emerge from the audience.

In 2024, we toured Turk(ish) as part of Circus Around About 2 in partnership with Take Art and Extraordinary Bodies and supported by Arts Council England.

Poppy Plowman

The half-British, half-Turkish Cypriot circus artist Poppy Plowman has worked as a professional tight wire walker and hair hanger with several leading contemporary circus companies across Europe, before creating her own work using high level circus techniques to explore themes of intersectionality.