Futures Festival: VIOLET - Work in Progress
Enxi Erskine Chang
London
Pleasance London
Studio
17:00, 20:45
(60 mins)
14th Dec, 15th Dec & 16th Dec
Violet is a humorous fictionalised narrative drama drawn from the personal experiences of a trans woman navigating IRL spaces.
First performed as an extract at Queer Upstairs at the Royal Court, this piece has been developed to this first full length work in progress performance with Papergang Theatre, supported by ACE, PuSh Festival Vancouver and Pleasance.
Enxi Erskine Chang is a British-Chinese writer, actor, spoken word poet and rapper. Her work has been aired at the Southbank Centre, the Royal Court and on Benjamin Zephaniah’s Life and Rhymes. She also releases music and DJs as Princess Xi Xi, performing at many iconic venues and nights including Colour Factory, Pussy Palace and Somerset House.
Directors: Tian Brown-Sampson and Kim Pearce
Dramaturg: Bri Leung
Produced by Clarissa Widya
About Futures Festival
Futures Festival is a festival of work-in-progress shows from leading independent performance makers. Each week is curated by a Pleasance Associate Artist around a different theme. This year's festival lineup is…
The Future Is Thirsty AF with Louise Orwin
A week of performances with a focus on social media, shifting paradigms, multimedia and the climate crisis.
The Future Is Queer with Sweet Beef
A week of performance by queer theatremakers pushing formal boundaries to create interactive work from drag and cabaret to formally experimental work.
The Future Is Violet with Papergang Theatre Company
A week of character driven work that challenges tokenism and rises above marginalisation.
Find the full Futures Festival line-up here.
Futures Festival is supported by Christina Smith Foundation.
All shows in the Futures Festival are taking part in a Pay What You Can scheme. Ticket prices range from £6-£15. Please pick the pricing most suitable for you. 100% of ticket income, goes direct to the artists presenting.
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