Preview - Cornerhouse Surbiton - May 14
Rialto Theatre, Brighton Fringe - Postponed
Kings Arms, Manchester Fringe - July 9-11
Underground Venues, Buxton - July
Underbelly, Edinburgh - August
Backstage is a lonely place
Step into the green room with Lady Christina as she leaves the stage after another performance in another venue above another pub. It could be your last chance to see her, but then she's said that so many times before, why should you believe her this time?
Because tonight is different. Drag has become a drag. Christina is tired of metro-sexual audiences looking for something a little risqué that they can tell their mothers about, she's tired of young drag queens who make it look so easy, and she's tired of having to put on the make up and become someone else every night.
But what's buried beneath the make-up? Chris Laneghan has been Lady Christina for so long that he doesn't know where she ends and he begins. How can he give up being her, if there's no him to go back to?
And why did Christina come into his life in the first place? Sometimes drag is not just put on to entertain an audience, sometimes it's a way to survive and escape.
Step off the stage, leave the glamour and the costumes behind, and get to know the person behind the make up.
Because tonight is different. Drag has become a drag. Christina is tired of metro-sexual audiences looking for something a little risqué that they can tell their mothers about, she's tired of young drag queens who make it look so easy, and she's tired of having to put on the make up and become someone else every night.
But what's buried beneath the make-up? Chris Laneghan has been Lady Christina for so long that he doesn't know where she ends and he begins. How can he give up being her, if there's no him to go back to?
And why did Christina come into his life in the first place? Sometimes drag is not just put on to entertain an audience, sometimes it's a way to survive and escape.
Step off the stage, leave the glamour and the costumes behind, and get to know the person behind the make up.
Your green room invitation is pending...
If Lady Christina really wanted to leave the stage and the outfits behind, it's fair to say that she'd have ample excuse to just go quietly at the moment...
She was due to appear at The Gathering on Isle Of Skye on 25th April to give you a short taster of the show. Sadly, Covid-19 has put paid to that event at least for now.
Likewise what was to be the official first time invitation into the green room is also now on hold as Brighton Fringe has been postponed till October.
The idea of doing a preview show in May for a festival that won't take place till October is the sort of logic that seems to be informing most decisions being made by the government at present. As we are more sensible than them, we'll be looking to rearrange the Cornerhouse preview show for sometime nearer to what will now be our official premiere in Manchester in July, always assuming there is a Manchester Fringe or Buxton fringe in July. At the moment, both festivals are still going ahead, as is Edinburgh in August. Fingers crossed that remains the case.
So, at the moment, your first invite to join Christina in the green room is at Greater Manchester Fringe - Kings Arms Theare, July 9 to 11. For tickets click here.
After that, she and us are heading to Buxton Fringe - Underground at the Old Clubhouse, and dates for that will be confirmed next month, and from there it's off to Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Underbelly's The Wee Coo from August 5 to 31 (not 17th). Tickets for those shows will be on sale in May. We look forward to seeing you there, when hopefully the madness of the moment will be just a distant memory.
In the meantime, take care and look after yourselves and others even if you have to do that at a safe distance...
She was due to appear at The Gathering on Isle Of Skye on 25th April to give you a short taster of the show. Sadly, Covid-19 has put paid to that event at least for now.
Likewise what was to be the official first time invitation into the green room is also now on hold as Brighton Fringe has been postponed till October.
The idea of doing a preview show in May for a festival that won't take place till October is the sort of logic that seems to be informing most decisions being made by the government at present. As we are more sensible than them, we'll be looking to rearrange the Cornerhouse preview show for sometime nearer to what will now be our official premiere in Manchester in July, always assuming there is a Manchester Fringe or Buxton fringe in July. At the moment, both festivals are still going ahead, as is Edinburgh in August. Fingers crossed that remains the case.
So, at the moment, your first invite to join Christina in the green room is at Greater Manchester Fringe - Kings Arms Theare, July 9 to 11. For tickets click here.
After that, she and us are heading to Buxton Fringe - Underground at the Old Clubhouse, and dates for that will be confirmed next month, and from there it's off to Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Underbelly's The Wee Coo from August 5 to 31 (not 17th). Tickets for those shows will be on sale in May. We look forward to seeing you there, when hopefully the madness of the moment will be just a distant memory.
In the meantime, take care and look after yourselves and others even if you have to do that at a safe distance...
Christina's Crew of Creatives
Make-up is brought to you by NoLogoProductions. The team for this production are;
Lady Christina: Moj Taylor
Writer/Director: Andy Moseley
Sound and Light: Emma Burton
Photography: Bethany Blake
Lady Christina: Moj Taylor
Writer/Director: Andy Moseley
Sound and Light: Emma Burton
Photography: Bethany Blake
Other NoLogoProductions
Our other productions include A Beginner's Guide to Populism, After We Danced, Boxes, Casual Encounters and Are You Lonesome Tonight?
A Beginner's Guide to Populism;
'All of the actors are excellent in this smartly-paced show. It is expertly conceived, written and executed by a team who plainly have an eye for the socio-political zeitgeist. Echoes of the present resonate throughout – references to sex pests, contempt for experts, the invitation to build a wall - all delivered with wry humour and witty lines. A thoroughly entertaining play.' Buxton Fringe Review
After We Danced;
'If you are looking for a play that has warmth, examines the human condition, with some fine lines and performances from talented actors, then this could be the new play for you.' Remote Goat
Boxes;
'A smartly written, emotionally engaging piece. Emily Florence Hutchings and Moj Taylor have to portray a relationship in reverse, undoing the idea of years of built-up resentment to become a loving and hopeful young couple again, which they do brilliantly.' Reviews Hub
Casual Encounters;
'Simultaneously timely and timeless. Scott-Lucas' ageing horndog was an excellent realisation of a mid-life crisis. Eyers and Meyer both exude a cocksure menace as they interrupt the Rogers' world. All led by a diamond-sharp direction and story structure.' View from the Gods
Are You Lonesome Tonight?;
'The life and death of Elvis informs the drama in a fascinating way. A very interesting performance' On the Fringe
A Beginner's Guide to Populism;
'All of the actors are excellent in this smartly-paced show. It is expertly conceived, written and executed by a team who plainly have an eye for the socio-political zeitgeist. Echoes of the present resonate throughout – references to sex pests, contempt for experts, the invitation to build a wall - all delivered with wry humour and witty lines. A thoroughly entertaining play.' Buxton Fringe Review
After We Danced;
'If you are looking for a play that has warmth, examines the human condition, with some fine lines and performances from talented actors, then this could be the new play for you.' Remote Goat
Boxes;
'A smartly written, emotionally engaging piece. Emily Florence Hutchings and Moj Taylor have to portray a relationship in reverse, undoing the idea of years of built-up resentment to become a loving and hopeful young couple again, which they do brilliantly.' Reviews Hub
Casual Encounters;
'Simultaneously timely and timeless. Scott-Lucas' ageing horndog was an excellent realisation of a mid-life crisis. Eyers and Meyer both exude a cocksure menace as they interrupt the Rogers' world. All led by a diamond-sharp direction and story structure.' View from the Gods
Are You Lonesome Tonight?;
'The life and death of Elvis informs the drama in a fascinating way. A very interesting performance' On the Fringe
Thanks to...
NoLogoProductions would like to thank Andrew Jefferson-Tierney for the idea that developed into the original short version of the play, Catherine Exposito, Arron Usher and Blazing Hyena for being the first people to put that version before an audience at a scratch night and for the suggestions that played a vital part in getting the ball rolling on the longer version, Breakwater Theatre for commissioning the writing of the longer version, Jayne Williams and New Perspectives Theatre Company for mentoring and support with the final script, and Bethany Blake for the superb photos. Also thanks to all at Leith Depot for use of their venue for rehearsals and to A New International for permission to use Let us not Speak of Sin in the trailer for the play.
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