BOY IN A DRESS
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:45PM[CULTURE] Do not miss your chance to see Out There's La JohnJoseph's return to the London stage
Photograph by: Martin Perry
We are very proud to announce that our multi-talented Berlin based culture correspondent, the inimitable LA JohnJoseph will be laying soul bear once again on the London stage once again bringing together all three of his solo memoir shows I Happen To Like New York, Underclass Hero and Notorious Beauty in what promises to be a must-see series of illuminating, entertaining and moving performances.
Autobiographical, political, raucous and accidentally profound, Boy in a Dress (link to Oval House website) details the life thus far, of one third-gendered, fallen Catholic, ex-fashion model from the wrong side of the tracks as she moves from the council estates of Bootle to the strip clubs of San Francisco, via Penny Arcade’s living room.
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 presented as monologues, and studded with reworkings of iconic songs from wide ranging artists such as Leonard Cohen, Justin Vivian Bond and Cole Porter.
His three week ‘retrospectacle’ starts on Tuesday 14th February until Saturday 3rd March at Ovalhouse Theatre, Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW.
Evening programme: I Happen To Like New York and Underclass Hero
Saturday Matinees: Notorious Beauty
Boy in a Dress is presented as a part of Ovalhouse's If only... season. This is the second season of diverse and thought provoking work programmed by Ovalhouse’s new Directors of Theatre; Rachel Briscoe and Rebecca Atkinson-Lord. If only... is performance driven by an ambition for complexity; a search for something to believe in; a desire for someone somewhere to do something surprising.
Written and performed by La JohnJoseph with Anna Lewenhaupt
Ovalhouse Downstairs: Tuesday 14 February – Saturday 3 March
Dates and Times: Tuesday-Saturdays 8:00 pm, Saturday Matinees 2:30pm
Ticket Prices: Adult: £14, Equity, BECTU, Under 26: £10, Concessions: £7
