A portrait photo of two best mates and performance/live art makers, Jess Murrain and Lua Bairstow. There is a small silver car with a Palestine sticker on its window, parked beside a road on the edge of the Baildon Moor in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Jess, a brown person with blonde and brown afro hair, is standing in front of the back of the car. Posed, looking directly at the camera. Wearing white Doc Martens, grey trousers with pink pinstripes, a sheer black shirt, a vivid pink feather boa, sunglasses and headphones. The door of the car is open. Lua, a white, gender non-conforming person, is standing next to Jess and beside the open car door, looking back at the road behind them. Wearing a pinstriped suit with a turquoise shirt just peeking through. A portrait photo of two best mates and performance/live art makers, Jess Murrain and Lua Bairstow. There is a small silver car with a Palestine sticker on its window, parked beside a road on the edge of the Baildon Moor in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Jess, a brown person with blonde and brown afro hair, is standing in front of the back of the car. Posed, looking directly at the camera. Wearing white Doc Martens, grey trousers with pink pinstripes, a sheer black shirt, a vivid pink feather boa, sunglasses and headphones. The door of the car is open. Lua, a white, gender non-conforming person, is standing next to Jess and beside the open car door, looking back at the road behind them. Wearing a pinstriped suit with a turquoise shirt just peeking through.

23 Nov 2025

Common Space

NEUROQUEER: Part 1

Exploring NEUROQUEER as action, verb, identity.

A Bradford 2025 Artist Award project.

NEUROQUEER: Part 1 is an original 30 minute live art sharing of sound and poetry composition, a playful experimentation and work in progress between two best mates; exploring NEUROQUEER as action, verb, identity.

Showcased as part of Bradford Queer Film Festival at Common Space.

Advice on content

  • Loud sounds from the PA and live instruments, including a drum kit
  • Contains some strong language
  • Themes include experiences of gender identity, neurodiversity, and race
  • References to the experience of transphobia

Getting there

Common Space is located at 1-3 John Street, Bradford, BD1 3JT, on the corner diagonally opposite Jean Junction, across the road from Highpoint and on the same side of the road as Oastler Market. They have pink signs and coloured window stickers.

For more information on parking and access, please visit the Common/Wealth website:Common Space.

About Theatre with Legs

Theatre with Legs (TWL) are performance/live art makers Jess Murrain and Lua Bairstow. We create queer and experimental live art using contemporary poetry, radical sound composition, movement and music. We seek to experiment with subversive and counter-cultural storytelling-where the personal meets the political, seeking always to queer performance and to undermine the white and cis-gender gaze. Theatre with Legs have been making and sharing work in Bradford since 2016 including in residency and in public facing performance.

With the support of Bradford 2025 and Neuroqueering Humans Network, Theatre with Legs now seek a radical exploration of neuroqueering as verb, adjective, action, and identity.

Credits
Lua Bairstow: Lead Artist
Jess Murrain: Lead Artist
Alice Parsons/Castles in the Sky: Strategic Producer
Ash Cox: Creative Producer and Access Facilitator
shi Blank: Technical Artist
James Manning: Technical Artist
Adae Bajomo: Audio Description Consultant
Yasser Zadeh: Creative Support

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