My lord, that time of year is upon us again. So, with much waving of arms and fluttering of jazz hands, I present to you – the Christmas edition of Transpose.
Sunday December 18th, 5pm – 11pm
The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR
£5 on the door
Comedy, Music, Poetry, Art, Cupcakes, Flirting, Dancing, Joy
And where is the money going to this time? Well, what with Christmas being a particularly painful time of year for so many QUILTBAG people, vis-à-vis families, I thought it made sense to pick a charity doing its best to make the world better for trans kids – Mermaids.
Education, support, outreach, training – these guys do it all. I don’t want a single trans kid to have to go what I went through, and I got off *lightly* – so I’m putting my money where my mouth is. Or, rather, your money.
And what do you get in return? Apart from mountains of cookies, and beautiful people, and laughter, and sweetness? Well:
Yoshki Greenberg
Yoshki Greenberg was a washed-up ex-pornographer by the age of 24 and the party was only just getting started.
With performances at the London Hot August Fringe Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival under her belt and a number of competition appearances, 2011 has been a fist of fun, and things will only get wetter.
Jesse Kailen
As a genderqueer artist my practice is multidisciplinary in nature, involving film, video, photography and text. My work explores how gender identity is constructed by culture, space and social constraints, focusing on the space above and beyond the gender binary. I strive to question the common foundations and assumptions upon which identity and gender is constructed.
Hel Gurney
Lyman Gamberton
Performance poetry – tender, furious, passionate, hilarious and all stops between – provided by Hel Gurney and Lyman Gamberton.
Dancing until socks fall off to the DJing delights of Angelica Riotstar – expect candy sounds, punk rage and riot grrrl joy.
Oh, yes – and my lovely self. Every song from Ashes, every bonus track, Resurrection Men and, if you’re very, very nice (and more than a little bit naughty) – maybe a Christmas song or two. The classy ones.
Spread the word!
Um, CN? We like Lyman fine but…not actually ours :p
Oops! Amended. I remembered them drumming with you a while back…x
They did, but they were substituting for our regular drummer. They aren’t a permanent part of the band.
xxx
Goddamn, you had to go and pick the exact day I’ll be going home to the grimmest North, didn’t you?
Since it is a time of giving, I’ve given you the honor of the Liebster Award! http://neutrois.me/2011/12/22/liebster-award/
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