Friday 3 January 2020

NEWS: One month to go before the Uk tour of Riot Act

FOUR WEEKS UNTIL RIOT ACT
EMBARKS ON UK TOUR 2020

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PLAY TOUR COINCIDES WITH
LGBT HISTORY MONTH AND STONEWALL ANNIVERSARY


In just four weeks, critically acclaimed LGBTQ play Riot Act embarks on a new UK tour for 2020.

The powerful verbatim theatre piece explores the history of the LGBTQ rights movement, and the 10-date tour coincides with LGBT History Month.

The new Riot Act tour opens at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre on Wednesday 5 February 2020, before visiting Harrogate, Bradford, Milford Haven, Cheltenham, London, Keswick, Newcastle, Doncaster, and Bracknell. Further dates will be announced shortly.

The new tour follows a run at the Duchess Theatre in the West End and a successful 2019 tour.

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 including the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

The production has been created from the playwright’s interviews with Michael-Anthony Nozzi, one of the only remaining Stonewall survivors; Lavinia Co-op, a 1970s London radical drag 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.

Riot Act is created and performed by Alexis Gregory, directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, and is produced by Alexis Gregory and Emmerson & Ward Productions.

Producer Rob Ward commented: “The history of the LGBTQ rights movement is an important story which needs to be told. Riot Act is a powerful piece of theatre and we’re delighted to bring this piece of social history to stage and in front of audiences. These rights are precious and the play shines a very important spotlight on those who have passionately defended their basic human and LGBTQ rights.”

The Riot Act Tour is funded by Arts Council England.

Riot Act is recommended for audiences of 16 years+. Contains themes and language of an adult nature.

The Riot Act play text is published by Oberon Books.


EPSTEIN THEATRE, LIVERPOOL
Wednesday 5 February 2020 at 7.30pm
Box Office 0844 888 4411

HARROGATE THEATRE
Friday 7 February 2020 at 7:45pm
Box Office 01423 502116

BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE
Saturday 8 February 2020 at 7:30pm
Box Office 01274 800415

TORCH THEATRE, MILFORD HAVEN
Tuesday 11 February 2020 at 7:30pm
Box Office 01646 695267

CHELTENHAM EVERYMAN
Thursday 13 February 2020 at 7:45pm
Box Office 01242 572573

TURBINE THEATRE, LONDON
Sunday 16 February 2020 at 7pm
Box Office 020 7851 0300

THEATRE BY THE LAKE, KESWICK
Tuesday 18 February 2020 at 7:30pm
Box Office 01768 774411

LIVE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE
Thursday 20 February 2020 at 7:30pm
Box Office 0191 232 1232

CAST, DONCASTER
Tuesday 25 February 2020 at 7:15pm
Box Office 01302 303959

SOUTH HILL PARK, BRACKNELL
Thursday 27 February 2020 at 7:30pm
Box Office 01344 484123

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