Boy in a Dress
From: Tuesday, 14th February 2012
To: Saturday, 3 March 2012
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Synopsis
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 Merseyside to the strip clubs of New York via Penny Arcade's living room. Drawing on influences from Alan Bennett to Bette Bourne and embracing themes as apparently diverse as Catholicism and drag, public sexuality and body dysmorphia, La JohnJoseph brings together an outrageous but heartfelt slew of true-life tales studded with reworkings of iconic songs from wide ranging artists such as Leonard Cohen, Justin Vivian Bond and Cole Porter. A frank and charming collage that unites elements of all three of La JohnJoseph's solo memoir shows I Happen To Like New York, Underclass Hero and Notorious Beauty in a ?retrospectacle', Boy in a Dress explores the intersection of class, gender, religion and identity from a unique cultural perspective.
Our Review:
29 February 2012
“You can take those fragments and make a crown.” So says La JohnJoseph, who writes and performs this two-hour autobiographical show. You’ve got to admire someone baring their soul on stage and describing the travails of his life with both his sanity and his high heels intact.
Like our hero himself, however, Boy in a Dress has a bit of an identity crisis of its own, sitting uncomfortably between stage play, cabaret and performed-blog, the latter the format which would best suit the current text but the former the style to which the production, at least initially, aligns itself. Joseph tells his story fluently enough and with occasional wit. But, at least for me, it lacks the tonal variation or dramatic flair to make it emotionally engaging or theatrically satisfying.
La JohnJoseph takes us from his deprived Liverpool family through to Catholic school to New York and becoming variously a drag queen, a prostitute and a lesbian horoscope writer. So ...
Creative
La JohnJoseph (Author)
La JohnJoseph ()
Ovalhouse ()
Sarah Chew (Director)
Jordan Hunt (Musical Director)
Roberta Bratovic (Design)
Charlie Morgan Jones (Lighting)
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