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HUGH HUGHES IN . . . STORY OF A RABBIT Exploring emotion through the death of a pet
gay people can walk down two streets in every capital holding hands without being beaten up, however gay teens are three times more likely to commit suicide and to kids land a certain radio DJ) "gay" is another word for "larne".'
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‘As seen through the glitter filled eyes of a drag gueen. the play focuses on the build—up to the Stonewall riot in 1969. It's a Visual feast wrth glitter and lots of it. on skin. hair. howties and underwear 7 you name it. it's covered in glitter. ‘In Australia. the film has become a cult classrc.‘ says Beadle Blair. ‘People have parties where they dress up as characters from the film and recite the script. Expect great big high—kicking numbers. entertainment. magic. humour. and if you want to see a drag queen do the splits. this is the show to watch.‘ (Nicola Husband)
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STOOPUD F**KEN ANIMALS East Anglia meets Wild West
Currently biking from Suffolk to Edinburgh. ambitious and energetic playwright, Joel Horwood (Food 2006i. takes a well—earned break from the saddle to discuss his new play. which he describes as 'a Western set in Suffolk.
'lt's ab0ut a farmer whos reaching the end of his sexual peak. along wrth his bull, and knows it's all downhill from there.‘ he says. 'He attempts to revisn his yOLith but in domg so dredges up a past that the community have tried to bury.
'The play deals wrth sexuality. virility. youth, heritage and responSibility. I've tried to make it funny and endearing. but there's a dark heart to it. It raises questions about the state of British
After contemplating the logistics of travelling to Edinburgh in a tractor. Hugh Hughes moves on to describe his new show for this year's Fringe. ‘In it. I'm comparing and contrasting the death of my father. With the death of my neighbours rahbrt.‘
Still on a high from last year's success (the aptly named F/oatingi. which recently returned from a sell-out run in New York. Hughes explains: 'Stori' ofa Babb/t is more aDOut exploring emotion. It makes you look at death in a very different way. It's fascinating: it happens to everyone and you never know when or what it is. but as Einstein once said. "imagination is more imponant than knowledge".' Hughes predicts an intense emotional reaction from the
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