The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

TED HUFFMAN, PHILIP VENABLES

Deutsche Erstaufführung

Music theatre

17.08.-20.08.2024

Jahrhunderthalle Bochum

Audacious music theatre celebrating individuality and freedom.

The Ramrod empire is in decline – and outside its patriarchal structures, the faggots and their friends are having a good time. They live undisturbed in free communes, able to celebrate who they are: with art, music and uninhibited sex. Based on Larry Mitchell’s cult novel from the late 70s, Philip Venables and Ted Huffman have created a wild musical spectacle that ignores boundaries just like the characters on stage do, drawing on music and dance from the Baroque period, from Broadway and rave culture. The performers are actors, storytellers and musicians all rolled into one and are continually swapping roles. A musical adventure that does away with gender and genre norms, replacing them with individuality and lust for life.

Commissioned by Factory International, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele, the Southbank Centre, Ruhrtriennale and NYU Skirball in association with Holland Festival. Produced by Factory International for Manchester International Festival. Under exclusive licence and courtesy by Nightboat Books, New York G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH

„It’s been a long time since the last revolutions and the faggots and their friends are still not free.“

Larry Mitchell

Collin Shay mit Megafon in der Hand und mit bunten Stoffen umhüllt — © Tristram Kenton

Jacob Garside, Sally Swanson, Meriel Price auf der Bühne sitzend mit Instrumenten — © Tristram Kenton

Kerry Bursey, Yandass, Eric Lamb, Collin Shay, Meriel Price, Jacob Garside, Joy Smith, Kit Green und Themba Mvula rennen durcheinander über die Bühne — © Tristram Kenton

Yandass im Vordergrund, tanzend, dahinter Deepa Johnny, Themba Mvula, Eric Lamb, Collin Shay, Sally Swanson und Kit Green auf einer Bühne — © Tristram Kenton

Mariamielle Lamagat, Sally Swanson, Eric Lamb und Jacob Garside auf der Bühne, tanzend und musizierend — © Tristram Kenton

Kit Green sitzt auf einer Bühne, ein großes Tuch über die Schultern haltend wie ein Cape — © Tristram Kenton

Cast

Composition
- Philip Venables
Direction
- Ted Huffman
Conductor
- Yshani Perinpanayagam
Choreography & Costume Design
- Theo Clinkard
Set Design
- Rosie Elnile
Lighting Design
- Bertrand Couderc
Sound Design
- Simon Hendry
Dramaturgy
- Scottee
With
- Kerry Bursey ,
- Jacob Garside ,
- Kit Green ,
- Conor Gricmanis ,
- Mariamielle Lamagat ,
- Eric Lamb ,
- Themba Mvula ,
- Yshani Perinpanayagam ,
- Meriel Price ,
- Collin Shay ,
- Joy Smith ,
- Sally Swanson ,
- Yandass ,
- Daniel Shelvey

Visit

Language

English with German surtitles
Run time

1 h 40 min
Age guidance

Recommended from 14 years
Sensory stimuli

Stroboscopes and loud music are used during the event.
Advise on content

Explicit language is used in the event.

Happy Sundays
From the start of the new festival season, Sunday afternoons at the Ruhrtriennale will be filled with exciting experiences for the whole family. In our Happy Sundays format, parents and children can experience events at the same time: while the adults see the afternoon performance, the children take part in a professionally-run workshop, exploring selected themes from the performance in a playful and age-appropriate way. As a result, the entire family can immerse themselves in the production and take home vivid memories of a family Sunday.
For the performance of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions on 18th August, tickets for the Happy Sundays format can be booked directly via the webshop.

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