Honey Badger at The Cockpit

U.K premiere

‘The honey badger. Brave. Fearless. Always finds its way or creates one. Can endure almost any harm and never gives up. All of the knowledge and skills passes to its younglings. Until they are capable of starting their own journey of life.’

Even in the deepest darkness, there is a glimmer of light. The past cannot be changed. But perhaps the future can be?

From the Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium (Denmark), Honey Badger is a powerful and visceral look into the consequences of childhood abuse. A man travels back in time and relives his past: neglect, guilt, shame, and the deep longing for love and care.   
 
Directed by the internationally renowned Roberta Carreri (formally Odin Teatret), Juraj Benko performs a poetic stream of memories, where text, music and movement are interwoven into a deeply accessible story of resilience and survival. The audience are taken deep into the child's pain, a pain that still lingers beneath the surface into adulthood, on the way to find hope and reconciliation.

Honey Badger is a courageous work that speaks aloud what too many prefer to keep hidden - the scars that are left on you forever. But still, you can heal and the scars can fade.