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Work in Progress Double Bill: Tom Marshman - Botox Party and Ashley Knowles - Rage on the Dancefloor - T0821376932Two very different work-in-progress performances examining the pressures of an aging population. Botox Party explores the notion and the questionable action of erasing your life experiences and history from your face. Tom Marshman invites you to take long look in the looking glass and get familiar with your own face and skin. Will knowing what has been help to work out what will be? Rage on the Dancefloor - A serious but essentially comedic exploration into issues of wealth, age and beauty, through the eyes of a single gay man in his 50's. Mixed in with the soundtrack of his life. | |
| 11 Feb 15 to 12 Feb 15 | Contact Theatre, Manchester :: V483 listing details L560252327 |
Debs Gatenby - Hi Anxiety/Charyl Martin - My Foo-Foo Needs You - T01565721132Hi Anxiety. - Debs Gatenby tackles her relationship with her mother...a tragic-comic look at how mental illness impacts on family life. Originally developed as part of Contact's Flying Solo Pitch Night. My Foo-Foo Needs You - An absurd look at sex, menopause, coming out at 46, looking so femme no one knows you're gay, having fundamentalist relatives... Plus being a role model when you are not role model material. Suitable for ages 14+. Some strong language and sexual references. | |
| 7 Feb 13 | Contact Theatre, Manchester :: V483 listing details L1989669887 |
2: Chris Hoyle - These Dreams are Forever/Hope Theatre Company - Village Voices - T01187170760These Dreams are Forever: A new piece about homophobia and football... Ben plays for City, Scott plays for United. This has never been a problem for the two best mates until now. Both proud supporters of their premiership teams, they face a future of football rivalry, and an explosion that the football world thought would never happen. Village Voices: A dazzling, musical journey through the history of Queer Manchester. Created from true stories from the people who were there, this unique event uncovers the hidden history beneath the cobbles of Canal Street... Hope Theatre Company is one of Manchester's most exciting and renowned theatre companies and one of the UK's leading creators of verbatim theatre. | |
| 8 Feb 12 | Contact Theatre, Manchester :: V483 listing details L0362868621 |
1: Daen Crandell - Xenophobadelica/D'Lo - D'Faqto Life - T1249797629Xenophobadelica: DawN tackles the irrational contradictions of homophobia within certain Black Radical Artistic communities and racism within certain white queer communities using mask, movement, monologue, drag, burlesque, poetry... and Prince... Developed with support from Bryony Kimmings, and directed by Rachel Brogan. D'Faqto Life: Using excerpts from D'Lo's different solo shows, D'FaQTo Life (pronounced De Facto) is a roller-coaster ride of emotions with stories executed through stand-up, spoken word/poetry, and theatre. D'Lo explores topics relating to South Asia and transgender social justice from the perspective of being a child of immigrant parents, raised in Hip Hop culture while trying to negotiate how identifying as "queer" intersected with a passion to create political art. D'Lo is a queer Tamil Sri Lankan-American, political theatre artist/writer, director, comedian and music producer. | |
| 7 Feb 12 | Contact Theatre, Manchester :: V483 listing details L1133153015 |
Two work-in-progress double-bills of new queer theatre each night
