A Life in Three Acts
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Opened Mar 4, 2010
Closed Mar 28, 2010
Opened Mar 4, 2010
Closed Mar 28, 2010
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A Life in Three Acts is a living, breathing history edited and adapted from a series of private conversations between two friends, recreated on stage, reminiscing about the life and times of Bette Bourne. The performance is remarkably honest, and by turns humorous and angry. The story moves from Bourne's post-war childhood to his first walk across Trafalgar Square in drag, accompanied by four gorgeous friends, to his seminal role in the formation of the Gay Liberation Front. He recalls his life in a drag commune, the creation of the groundbreaking BLOOLIPS company in London and New York, and more, to reveal an extraordinary portrait of an individual and a movement. To be sure, this work is not only a Bourne memoir, but, more broadly, a celebration of the momentous struggles and achievements of gay liberation.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:This should have been so much better
I went very much anticipating a glimpse into the strategies for day-to-day survival in the age of those hideous British anti-sodomy laws that threatened such artists as Joe Orton, and that the Lord Chamberlain invoked to censor theatrical performances.
Instead, the very polite audience got a shapeless piece of solipsism made of utterly lusterless language. Theres so much good theater at St. Anns--save your trip to DUMBO for something worthwhile.
Reviewed by chublik
on Friday, Mar 19th, 2010
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At 70 years old, Bette Bourne is filled with a vitality that positively radiates from the stage in the autobiographical two-hander, A Life in Three Acts, now at St. Ann's Warehouse. Written and performed with playwright Mark Ravenhill, this utterly charming show details the British drag icon's life and work, and serves as an informative and entertaining history of some of the changes and developments that have affected gay culture in the last 50 or so years.
The text of the piece is reconstructed from edited transcripts of interviews that Ravenhill conducted with Bourne in the latter's London flat. The two even have their scripts with them, which they consult from time to time. However, th[...]