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Lost in Trans

Dickie Beau presents a poetic performance of peculiar personas, taking as his inspiration Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’. Following on from the hugely successful ‘BLACKOUTS’, ‘LOST in TRANS-‘ takes Dickie’s sensational multimedia aesthetic to hallucinatory new heights.

Continuing his shtick of using playback, in which he ‘channels’ voices he sees as being misplaced, misrepresented or misunderstood, Dickie breathes new life into found sound, ‘re-writing’ audio artefacts and playing them back through his body to become a live performing archive of the missing.

Presenting a compelling constellation of vivid characters inspired by cultural antiquity, and Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’, ‘LOST in TRANS-‘ is an off-road trip through the cultural archives. Cyclops, the one-eyed giant, becomes a third eye through which we view the world anew, a world which includes a radical re-visioning of Echo, the Nymph, of whom all that remained when she died of a broken heart was the sound of her voice…

‘LOST in TRANS-‘ was a Southbank Centre commission supported by a Jardin d’Europe contemporary dance award and a residency at Cullberg Ballet, Stockholm and has been presented at: Southbank Centre in London, Contact in Manchester, Homotopia Festival, Liverpool, and City of Women Festival, Ljubljana (curated as part of the Live Art Development Agency’s ‘Just Like a Woman’ programme).

LOST in TRANS- is available for touring. Presenters can request further information / tour pack by contacting producer Sally Rose.

 

“Lost in Trans is flawless. With its endlessly bewildering complexities it provides a perfect platform for Dickie Beau to project a prodigal queer talent.”
The Gay Times
“LOST in TRANS feels light years ahead – a great leap into new territory in its complexity and richness of imagery and ideas. Richard’s got his gorgeous wings – and he’s flying high.”
Total Theatre Review
“Dickie uses multimedia, drag and theatre to explore sexuality and identity in a unique, liberating and exciting way”
Exeunt magazine
“LOST in TRANS- succeeds in both delighting and disturbing its audiences in equal measure”
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