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Elliott · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 162 Location: Liverpool!

I'm doing a research paper as one of my third year modules in drama/performing arts, and im focusing on 'The Third Gender in Performance' im basically looking into cross dressing, androgeny, surgery/ comestic surgery, gender roles and stereotypes transexualism and transvestitism, (amoungst other things) in conjunction with performing arts.

if anyone knows of any contempory performances (1960 onwards) that use these themes, good or bad.. it would be a huge help. at the moment i have people like Orlan, Bornstein's 'Hidden: A Gender' and Caryl Churchill's 'Cloud 9' which all look into stuff surrounding what i'm interested in, but if any one's seen anything recently that struck a chord with them, or something that you thought was rubbish, let me know so i can get a first and piss all my tutors of by doing well!!! Smile

thanks!

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Stella Maru · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2248 Location: Brighton

Joe Orton's 1969 play What the Butler Saw contains thematically important cross-dressing.

**Flameboy** · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject:

Have you seen anything by Joey Hateley? He runs a theatre company called TransAction, and has performed a number of shows, including one called A:Gender. I can't find a website for him, but he does have a MySpace page here.

He's performing in Liverpool soon, at the Unity Theatre on Saturday 17th November as part of the Homotopia festival.

Dave

Herb · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:05 am Post subject:

I remember seeing a performance of The Importance of Being Ernest at the Watford palace Theatre a few years back. It was notable in that almost the entire cast was cast in the opposite gender, and of course cross-dressing for the role.

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**Reenie** · Reporter Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 3577 Location: Glasgow

What of Bunbury? Wink

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**Flameboy** · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

You might also want to contact the guys who run Transfabulous, the festival of international transgender arts. The website also has links to quite a few trans and trans-related performers, if that's any use to you.

Dave

Elliott · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 162 Location: Liverpool!

thanks this is all excellent, i'm studying near liverpool so i'll go and watch the homotopia festival, be great research!!!

actually if anyone wants to go to it let me know and we could organise something, a trip out of sorts!!

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Stella Maru · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2248 Location: Brighton

At the expense of the obvious, Richard O'Briens "The Rocky Horror Show," which premiered at the tiny Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1973, contains a great deal of light-weight trans exotica.

Elliott · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 162 Location: Liverpool!

Stella Maru wrote:

At the expense of the obvious, Richard O'Briens "The Rocky Horror Show" which premiered at the 63-seat Theatre Upstairs on June 19th 1973, contains a great deal of ostensibly trans exotica.

i forgot about that! that was really ground breaking for the time wasn't it.. good to use a parrallel of a male against the feminist Churchill.. hmm,

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Stella Maru · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 2248 Location: Brighton

Elliott, you'll notice I've edited my post above, because it's all such a long time ago, that I may have mis-remembered the details.

Elliott · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Posts: 162 Location: Liverpool!

got it Stella, thanks for the heads up!

Dave: ive emailed Joey Hately and i got an email back with loads of info knew this was a good idea!

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**thedreadpersephone** · Advisor Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 913 Location: Dundee

Claire Dowie's one-woman play H to He 'I’m turning into a man. It started with my left foot.'

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