Current Production
OUT.
A Co-presentation with the PuSh Festival
By Ray Young
A co-presented by the frank theatre company and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Feb 8 @ 9:00 p.m. & Feb 9 @ 5:00 p.m.
Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8
Photo by Glodi Miessi
Co-Presenter
Under a charged nightclub haze, two performers move with electric intimacy, flirting, teasing, shape-shifting. Immersed in the bittersweet fragrance of oranges, OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo that bravely carves out a new kind of space, reclaiming and celebrating our queer future.
It’s about embodying authenticity, a resistance against homophobia and transphobia that embraces various political and cultural inspirations such as voguing, dancehall and Black liberation. The performers dance in solidarity alongside global 2SLGBTQIA+ movements, breaking down violent histories to imagine something new. Something liberated. Something delicious.
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Content Warning
Flashing lights, haze, slurs used against LGBTQ+ people.
Artistic Team
Creator & Director: Ray Young
Assistant Director: Esme Allman
Performers + Additional Devising: Azara Meghie & Bambi Phillips Jordan
Producer: Steph Be with Jenna Mason
Production Manager: Anna Smith
2024 Production Movement Director: Nandi Bhebhe
Movement Consultant: Nussatari
Lighting Design: Nao Nagai
Set Design: Naomi Kuyck-Cohen
Sound Design: Naomi Jackson
Sound Engineer: Vincent Robinson
Costume Design: Mia Maxwell Assistant
Costume Designer: Kyara Chapman
Production Dramatherapist: Wabriya King
Casting Consultant: Ri McDaid-Wren
Access Assistants: Mable Cable & Francis Slip
Original Co-Creator and Performer: Dwayne Antony
2019-20 Performer and Additional Devising: Marikiscrycrycry
Original Outside Eye: Joseph Mercier
Original Dramaturgical Support: Martin Hargreaves