Works against the framing of black and brown bodies as sexualized, objectified, and abject, and offers multiple ways of thinking with and through sensation and aesthetics.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).
A collection of postcards with artist photos taken by Revell.
The first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
What is seriousness exactly, and where does it reside? Is it a desirable value in contemporary culture? Or is it bound up with elite class and institutional cultures?
Examines the surge of queer performance produced across Ireland since the first stirrings of the Celtic Tiger in the mid-1990s, up to the passing of the Marriage Equality referendum in the Republic in 2015.
A reading of Curtis' wedding performances and his persona.
Four monologues, interspersed with game-show antics requiring audience participation.
53 minutes. Unknown date.
A biography and tribute to a colourful unique and larger than life character, written by his close friend.
This volume examines the ways gay men have used theatre and performance to intervene in the AIDS crisis. It discusses dramatic texts and public performances–from cabarets and candlelight vigils to full-scale Broadway productions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the history of AIDS in national, regional, and local contexts.
A look at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture—not by aligning themselves with or against exclusionary works but rather by transforming these works for their own cultural purposes. Muñoz calls this process “disidentification,” and through a study of its workings, he develops a new perspective on minority performance, survival, and activism.
This DVD is currently missing. The digital file can be viewed in the Study Room. The reference is EF5201.
Four monologues, interspersed with game-show antics requiring audience participation.
53 minutes. Unknown date.
London's alternative East End drag phenomenon gets its moment in this account of six years in the lives of its most celebrated performers: Jonny Woo, John Sizzle, Holestar, Scottee, Amber, Pia and Ma Butcher.
Extras: interviews with cast and crew, deleted scenes, character profiles, music videos, performances. Directed by Colin Rothbart.
94 minutes.
2015.
This DVD is currently missing. The digital files can be viewed in the Study Room. Their references are EF5197, EF5198, EF5199, EF5200.
4 short videos. 2006. Includes:
Introduction 2:18
Sensitive Boy 1:10
Fatally Attracted (to colourful and glittery things) 3:20
poofter 3:03
Documentation from GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN's DIY 10 project, which explored exertion, endurance, cliché and the epic using the musical Calamity Jane.
The project took place at Cambridge Junction. Part of LADA's DIY.
4:38.
Video.
While spinning her naked, masked body on a stage to Chaka Khan’s famous anthem, Narcissister redresses herself from clothing she pulls out of various bodily orifices.
4:28
The first publication to address queer feminist politics, methods and theories in relation to the visual arts, including new media, installation and performance art. Despite the crucial contribution of considerations of 'queer' to feminism in other disciplines of the humanities, and the strong impact of feminist art history on queer visual theory, a visible and influential queer feminist art history has remained elusive.
Video exerpts of a performance work for PayneShurvell, presented as part of the I am a Fantasy exhibition, 15 April to 21 May 2011.
A collection of ‘found' writings about and around Live Art that were originally published, shared, sent, spread and read between January 2010 and December 2011
theory on Lady Gaga, new feminism, gender and sexual fluidity
Published to coincide with exhibition, 2013
profiles of drag lives and performances
Located in Miscellaneous Articles Folder 5A.
Located in Miscellaneous Articles folder 5A.
This journal can be found in ‘Miscellaneous’.
In this richly detailed memoir, Pam Tent offers a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous life of a liberation movement – both artistic and sexual – whose influence is still apparent in the worlds of theatre, music, fashion, gay politics, gay spirituality, and urban club life.
Programme Notes: Case studies for locating experimental theatre, revised and expanded second edition is a collection of commissioned essays, case studies and interviews reflecting the exciting and complex relationships between ‘mainstream’ stages and ‘experimental’ theatre practices. This revised and expanded edition includes the original contributions (from the first edition, published 2007) whilst illustrating some of the seismic shifts that have taken place across the theatre landscape of the UK since 2007 through profiles of the work of Manchester International Festival, National Theatre Scotland, BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) and Forest Fringe.
In a series of twenty-four candid interviews with influential women artists, author Zora von Burden gives some of the most influential cultural innovators of this generation a voice, and probes the depths of how and why they broke through society’s limitations to create works of outstanding measure.
An ethnographic account of female impersonators, exploring the symbolic geography of drag and camp, and social organization of drag clubs.
Documentary spanning five years of the Alternative Miss World Show, costume pageant and fancy dress party for grown ups.
The Disabled Avant Garde (aka DAG), comprising performance artists Katherine Araniello and Aaron Williamson, along with eight other disabled artists from Wales stage an ‘alien invasion’ – a two-day encampment on the banks of the River Severn in Newtown on the 9th and 10th of September 2011. This performance event tests perceptions of what makes us ‘insiders’ or ‘outsiders’ in society and the art world. Subtitled and audio description DVD.
Nick Ahad reports on a 24-hour arts occupation in Leeds. In Miscellaneous Folder 4.
In September 2012 the “Truth is concrete”, 24/7 marathon camp took place. With around 300 lectures, panels, tactic talks, performances, concerts, films, workshops and a parallel, self-curated, spontaneous Open marathon, “Truth is concrete” created a 170-hour performative space for thinking and networking in the city of Graz, Austria. Two newspaper style programmes (different cover) in foder.
Study Boxes contain hand picked selections of DVDs, books and other materials from the LADA Study Room around specific themes. Installed in Festival hubs and other locations, and curated in dialogue with partners, each Study Box can hold between four to ten items and can be used by audiences for a quick browse or a day-long study. After the events the Boxes are returned to the Study Room and listed in this Guide so that users can explore these themes and materials during their visit to the LADA Study Room.
2 DVD documentation and soundtrack excerpts, plus postcards documenting the performance Communist Bigamist: Two Loves Stories.
Showcases 43 performances and live works by Danish-Norwegian artist duo, marking the first time the artists’ practice is considered in depth from a performance perspective.
This item is part of the Study Room Guide On shit, piss, blood, sweat and tears by Lois Keidan (P2195)
Brian Lobel- excerpts and full stage performances of: Ball & Other Funny Stories About Cancer, Carpe Minuta Prima, Hold My Hand and We're Halfway There, Cancer and Cigarettes, Tommyknockers, Guerilla Pub Quiz, Yoga at St.Barts and Fun with Cancer Patients