Award-winning writer Stef Smith (Roadkill) opens the Tron Theatre’s Changing House programme for the summer season with a brand new piece Falling Flying, directed by Ros Philips (My Name is Rachel Corrie, One Million Tiny Plays About Britain). Read more …
Inspired by the true story of trailblazing transgender woman Angie Extravaganza, a member of the Ball Culture ‘House of Xtravaganza’ featured in the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning, Falling Flying unravels a tragic story where not everything or everyone is as or what they seem.
Exploring the often misunderstood link between sexuality and gender, Falling Flying is the story of a relationship that can’t be defined by the terms the world has created and looks at what happens when desire overshadows every other need a person has.
Designed by Jessica Brettle and featuring performances from Gordon Brandie and John Paul Murray, Falling Flying is a poetic and physical duologue which looks at one person’s battle to defy biology, stereotypes and death….succeeding….almost.
I hope this rich theatrical experiment will have a continuing life, if only because its potential seems almost boundless.
A touching personal tale but with its complex structure, poetic language and movement the volume of the theatricality risks drowning out the intimacy of the story.
Tron Theatre, Glasgow from Wednesday April 6, 2011, until Saturday April 9, 2011. More info: www.tron.co.uk
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