Show of pride will be a Riot for Coliseum audience
APOWERFUL verbatim theatre piece exploring the history of the LGBTQ rights movement visits Oldham Coliseum as part of a Pride Season UK tour this July.
Written and performed by Alexis Gregory, Riot Act is a hard-hitting, hilarious and heart-warming solo verbatim piece, taking audiences on a breathtaking journey through six decades of queer history.
It is created from the playwright’s interviews with Michael-Anthony Nozzi, one of the only remaining Stonewall survivors; Lavinia Co-op, a 1970s London radicaldrag artist and Paul Burston, a prominent 1990s AIDS activist.
Provocative, tender, truthful, funny, political
and personal, these are stories of queerness, sexuality, activism, addiction, family, childhood, love, sex, drag, community, togetherness, conflict, identity, youth, ageing, loss, fierce queens and a Hollywood diva.
This new tour follows a sold-out West End performance and a summer 2018 run in the Kings Head Queer Season.
The tour will also visit Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham; Arcola Theatre, London; Crewe Lyceum; Norwich Theatre Royal; Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol and The Marlborough in Brighton.
The performance at Arcola Theatre on June 30 will mark the 50th anniversary weekend of the Stonewall riots.
Riot Act is created and performed by Alexis Gregory; directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE and produced by Alexis Gregory, Team Angelica, Arcola Theatre (Arcola dates) and Emmerson & Ward Productions.
Producer Rob Ward said: “With recent developments in Brunei as well as protests outside primary schools in Birmingham, Riot Act provides a timely reminder just how precious these rights are and how passionately they must be defended.
“We are incredibly proud to present, Riot Act to audiences across the UK this Pride season.”
Riot Act is recommended for audiences of 16+ and contains themes and language of an adult nature.
It will be showing on July 27 at 2.30pm. Tickets are £8/£7 concessions.
Tickets can be bought in person at Oldham Coliseum Theatre, by phone on 0161 624 2829 or online at www.coliseum.org.uk
If you have never been to the Coliseum, I strongly recommend that you do. The Coliseum has a rich history in Greater Manchester dating back to 1885.
It provides a wide variety of distinctive theatre performances and participatory activities for people from all communities in Oldham, Greater Manchester and beyond.
It creates original productions which are presented at the Coliseum and on tour.
Intrinsic to the town’s on-going regeneration, the theatre works with its local communities and young people to develop creative programmes to facilitate learning, engagement and community cohesion.