A powerful theatre piece exploring the history of the LGBTQ rights movement will visit South Cheshire as part of a UK tour.
Riot Act embarks on a Pride season tour and comes to Crewe Lyceum on Thursday June 27 for one performance only.
This new tour follows a sold-out West End performance and a summer 2018 run in the Kings Head Queer Season.
Written and performed by Alexis Gregory, Riot Act is a hard-hitting, hilarious and heart-warming solo verbatim piece, taking audiences on a breath-taking journey through six decades of queer history.
Created from the playwright’s interviews with Michael-Anthony Nozzi, one of the only remaining Stonewall survivors; Lavinia Co-op, a 1970s London radical-drag artist; and Paul Burston, a prominent 1990s AIDS activist.
Provocative, tender, truthful, funny, political and personal, these are stories of queerness, sexuality, activism, addiction, family, childhood, love, sex, drag, community, togetherness, conflict, identity, youth, ageing, loss, fierce queens and a Hollywood diva.
Riot Act is created and performed by Alexis Gregory, directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, and produced by Alexis Gregory, Team Angelica, Arcola Theatre (Arcola dates) and Emmerson & Ward Productions.
Producer Rob Ward said: “With recent developments in Brunei as well as protests outside primary schools in Birmingham, ‘Riot Act’ provides a timely reminder just how precious these rights are and how passionately they must be defended.
“We are incredibly proud to present ‘Riot Act’ to audiences across the UK this Pride season.”
Riot Act is recommended for audiences of 16 years+. Contains themes and language of an adult nature.
It’s on at Crewe Lyceum on June 27, starting at 7.45pm
For ticket details visit www.crewelyceum.co.uk
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