RADICAL REDISCOVERY II : ACTING OUT and DRAGGING UP – A SYMPOSIUM
London Performance StudiosRADICAL REDISCOVERY II: HOMOSEXUAL ACTS and BEYOND presents DRAGGING UP AND ACTING OUT: a Symposium Friday and Saturday 7 and 8 November, 10.30am till 5.30pm London Performance Studios Penarth Street London SE1 1TR A two day symposium exploring the radical work of lesbian and gay theatre makers in the 1970s – 80s and its resonance for LGBTQ+ artists and the wider culture today. From the first Gay Sweatshop plays that toured the country to audiences, some of whom had never before seen their experience represented on stage, to radical drag that lampooned narrow definitions of gender and sex roles, campaigning [...]