A baroque fantasia : text by Ted Huffman based on the Faggots & their friends between Revolutions (1977) by Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta, first performed on 29 june 2023 at Manchester international festival
Larry Mitchell’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a cult book published in 1977, which became unavailable and was reissued on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots because of its enduring relevance. A fantastic parable hiding a political manifesto, a radical vision of the evolution of the world through a queer lens: Faggots draws a revolutionary counter-utopia for all the oppressed, against a patriarchal model that is on its way out. From this colourful, amusingly irreverent work, full of joyful madness, Philip Venables* and Ted Huffman* have worked together once again – after 4.48 Psychosis (2016) and Denis and Katya (2019) – to create a playful, madcap and profound patchwork somewhere between an opera and a cabaret revue. The fifteen performers are in turn singers, actors, and instrumentalists. And they remind us that, yes, pleasure is on the side of the good.
1 hour and 30 minutes without interval / In English with French and English surtitles
● Music : Philip Venables
● Stage direction, text : Ted Huffman
● Music direction : Yshani Perinpanayagam
➜ Performers
Yshani Perinpanayagam, Kerry Bursey, Jacob Garside, Katherine Goforth, Kit Green, Conor Gricmanis, Deepa Johnny, Mariamielle Lamagat, Eric Lamb, Themba Mvula, Meriel Price, Collin Shay, Joy Smith, Sally Swanson, Yandass.
1 hour and 30 minutes without interval / In English with French and English surtitles
● Music : Philip Venables
● Stage direction, text : Ted Huffman
● Music direction : Yshani Perinpanayagam
➜ Performers
Yshani Perinpanayagam, Kerry Bursey, Jacob Garside, Katherine Goforth, Kit Green, Conor Gricmanis, Deepa Johnny, Mariamielle Lamagat, Eric Lamb, Themba Mvula, Meriel Price, Collin Shay, Joy Smith, Sally Swanson, Yandass.
