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A festival of theatre and performance, cabaret, comedy, short films and lively discussion about feminism: what it meant then, what it means now, and why it's resurgent. There will be brand new shows, special commissions, input from leading feminist thinkers and provocateurs, and a critical eye turned on gender inequality, the sexualisation of society, everyday sexism, and much more. The last thing it'll make you do, dears, is calm down. Award-winning writer/performer Alan Bissett explores the work of Andrea Dworkin, late and controversial radical feminist, in his new solo show discussing pornography and misogyny. Cautiously walking the minefield of male feminism, Ban This Filth! pits Dworkin's words against Bissett's life, challenging some of the assumptions we make about gender. Has porn shaped contemporary masculinity? Has the rise of ?pro-sex' feminism superceded Dworkin's work? Look out for awkward questions, laughter, Led Zeppelin and the live, on-stage reconditioning of a man who's had it all too easy. Until now.

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Presented by(s): Alan Bissett, Sacha Kyle