"Poutily poignant, bracingly glacial and as sharp as a broken nail…finds humor and pathos in aesthetically informed autobiography" - Time Out London
"Like Cindy Sherman dressing as David Bowie, dressing as Cindy Sherman" - New York Magazine
"Languishes lugubriously...a delight" - Whatsonstage
“A true star in ascendance” - QX
Boy in a Dress
Written by La JohnJoseph. Performed by La JohnJoseph and Anna Lewenhaupt.
- Tue 14 Feb – Sat 3 Mar, 8:00pm
Saturday Matinees 2.30pm
Tickets
- Full: £14.00
- Under 26, Equity, BECTU: £10.00
- Concession: £7.00
Venue: Downstairs
Book / Box office: 020 7582 7680
Autobiographical, raucously political, and accidentally profound, Boy in a Dress follows the life story thus far of La JohnJoseph, a third-gendered, fallen Catholic, ex-fashion model from the wrong side of the tracks as she moves from the council estates of Bootle to the strip clubs of San Francisco.
Catholicism and drag, public sexuality and body dysmorphia. La JohnJoseph brings together an outrageous but heartfelt slew of true-life tales studded with her own reworkings of iconic songs from wide ranging artists such as Leonard Cohen, Justin Vivian Bond and Cole Porter.
Boy in a Dress is a frank and almost charming triptych uniting all three of La JohnJoseph’s solo memoir shows: I Happen To Like New York, Underclass Hero and Notorious Beauty, in a ’retrospectacle’ exploring the intersection of class, gender, religion and identity formation from a somewhat unique cultural perspective.
Director: Sarah Chew. Musical Director: Jordan Hunt. Set Designer: Cleo Pettitt.
- Tue 14 Feb, 8:00pm
- Wed 15 Feb, 8:00pm
- Thu 16 Feb, 8:00pm
- Fri 17 Feb, 8:00pm
- Sat 18 Feb, 2:30pm
- Sat 18 Feb, 8:00pm
- Tue 21 Feb, 8:00pm
- Wed 22 Feb, 8:00pm
- Thu 23 Feb, 8:00pm
- Fri 24 Feb, 8:00pm
- Sat 25 Feb, 2:30pm
- Sat 25 Feb, 8:00pm
- Tue 28 Feb, 8:00pm
- Wed 29 Feb, 8:00pm
- Thu 1 Mar, 8:00pm
- Fri 2 Mar, 8:00pm
- Sat 3 Mar, 2:30pm
- Sat 3 Mar, 8:00pm
Additional information
BSL interpreted performance Thursday 1 March.
AUDIO DESCRIBED performance Friday 2 March.
FREE POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS:
Weds 22 Feb - "Where is Queer Theatre today?" in-Conversation with La JohnJoseph, Thom Shaw & Miss Annabel Sings
Weds 29 feb - Q&A with La JohnJoseph, Director Sarah Chew and the Creative Team
Presented as a part of Ovalhouse's If only... season
- Audio loop
- British Sign Language
Book / Box office: 020 7582 7680
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