“Don’t let the world put you in a box, but do reserve the right to make an exhibition of yourself!”
Alice d’Lumiere
Alice d’Lumiere generally prefers to go unnoticed; she yearns to be an ordinary person on the train, or in the supermarket. She’s happy to be anonymous; a sensible, middle-aged woman…. However, she’s also a writer, an actor and a performance artist; and therefore cursed with an occasional, but irresistible desire to speak up, stand out and be utterly unmissable!
Alice is also gender fluid and for her existing as a part-time Transwoman makes everyday life a complex, but intriguing adventure…
Speaking Out and Fitting In is a solo show in striking performance poetry and disarming comedy, with flashes of cabaret and burlesque, in which Alice playfully explores the wonderful, if occasionally counter-intuitive, position of the gender-fluid individual striving to both fit in to another gender whilst yearning to establish a unique, personal voice for themselves.
The show began when Alice was asked to loan one of her performance dresses to a Museum; a privilege she thought was reserved for the deceased and royalty; she then ended that year performing in public as a live Christmas Fairy. This is a celebratory piece about how delightfully queer life can be when you decide to step beyond your birth gender.
WARNING: THIS SHOW MAY CONTAIN STOCKINGED LEGS AND TROCHAIC FEET!
Written and Performed by Alice d’Lumiere
Movement Director Angelica Bangs
Composer Tina Gooding
About the Workshop
How do you like to present yourself? How might you express yourself in words? Have you found a public voice for yourself, both literally and creatively?
Alice d’Lumiere generally prefers to go unnoticed; she wants to be an ordinary person on the train, or in the supermarket. She’s happy to be anonymous; a sensible, middle aged woman…. However, she’s also a writer, an actor and a performance Artist; and therefore cursed with an occasional, but irresistible desire to speak up, stand out and be utterly unmissable!
In this workshop accompanying her new show Speaking Out and Fitting In! Alice invites you to try some creative writing and more importantly creative speaking.
Alice aims to create a free, safe space where people can talk, write and let their voices sound out in verse, or in prose. The focus for the work is identity and self; Alice herself is male to female gender fluid and welcomes discussions and expressions of both cisgender and transgender identity alike.
If you have written some verse that’s personal to you, or you have a short piece of prose in progress, please bring it along; either on paper, or in your head should you be able. If you’re not working on anything, but want to play with words and voice just bring yourself, your imagination and a willingness to express yourself aloud; as Alice would love to hear from you too.
This performance will take place with a live audience at Omnibus Theatre.
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