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Glasgay! - Highlights

  • Source: The List (Issue 613)
  • Date: 18 September 2008
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Glasgay! - Highlights

David Trullo’s Ecce Homo & Gregor Laird’s Plastic Pastorals

These two rising stars of the European art circuit display their wares at the Q! Gallery. Spanish photographer Trullo unpicks the enduring Western obsession with beauty while Scot Laird satirises romantic notions of his home nation in glorious pop-art colours.
Both Q! Gallery: Ecce Homo, Tue 9 Sep–Sat 4 Oct; Plastic Pastorals, Tue 7 Oct–Sat 9 Nov.

An Ocean of Rain

Theatre Cryptic and Dutch Ensemble MAE present the Scottish premier of this new multimedia opera which explores life after death. Set in Haiti, the libretto focuses on Kiev, a young prostitute on the run from her husband and the authorities, who witnesses the murder of a sex tourist. The music is a fusion of electro with live instrumentation from MAE.
Tramway, Thu 9–Sat 11 Oct.

Civil

Inspired by the phenomenally successful, landmark 1975 memoir The Naked Civil Servant, Robert Pacitti’s piece explores the legacy of queer icon Quentin Crisp. The one-man show uses multimedia to portray the life of the man who famously refused to stay in the closet.
Tramway, Thu 16 & Fri 17 Oct.

House Valley Vogue Ball

Kill for a ticket to Glasgow’s first ever drag ball! On a dreich Saturday night in October, Lady Munter and her acolytes will appear to lead one of the most glamorous, lipstick-coated nights the city has ever seen. Meanwhile, a catwalk competition gives all those with a bit of a swing in their step the chance to take part in a ‘vogue-off’.
Sloans Ballroom, Sat 25 Oct.

Bloom, Bud Suite & La Reigne

The latest work from acclaimed US choreographer Stephen Petronio is based on lyrics by The Stranglers and Rufus Wainwright. Petronio’s non-narrative approach to dance is a joy for audiences who prefer to revel in the dancers’ shapes across the stage rather than worry about Giselle’s broken heart.
Theatre Royal, Tue 4 & Wed 5 Nov.

Film Programme

With a tribute to Bette Davis, a flirty London flick with Brittany Murphy, a handful of sexy, edgy foreign films and cameos from the likes of Dawn French, Glasgay’s film programme is the very model of eclecticism.
Venues and dates vary.

More: Days Out, Film, LGBT, Previews (Days Out), An Ocean of Rain, Bloom Bud Suite & La Reigne, Civil, David Trullo’s Ecce Homo, Glasgay!, Gregor Laird’s Plastic Pastorals, House Valley Vogue Ball

Glasgay!
Date Location
Europe's largest queer multi-arts festival takes over Glasgow with comedy, music, film, theatre, visual art, performance art, literature, club nights, educational events and community arts projects.
12 Oct 2009–8 Nov 2009 (Times vary) Various Venues, Glasgow

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