THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS
A BAROQUE FANTASIA
TEXT BY TED HUFFMAN
BASED ON THE FAGGOTS & THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS (1977) BY LARRY MITCHELL AND NED ASTA
FIRST PERFORMED ON 29 JUNE 2023 AT MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
EUROPEAN PREMIERE
PRODUCTION FACTORY INTERNATIONAL FOR MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
A CO-PRODUCTION WITH FESTIVAL D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE, BREGENZER FESTPIELE, THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE - LONDON, NYU SKIRBALL
IN ASSOCIATION WITH HOLLAND FESTIVAL
WITH THE SUPPORT OF CERCLE DES MÉCÈNES ASSOCIÉS, AMMODO, CERCLE INCISES FOR CONTEMPORARY CREATION AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUBOS
It’s been a long time since the last revolutions and the faggots and their friends are still not free.
Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions (1977)
Larry Mitchell’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a cult book published in 1977, which became unavailable and was reissued on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots because of its enduring relevance. A fantastic parable hiding a political manifesto, a radical vision of the evolution of the world through a queer lens: Faggots draws a revolutionary counter-utopia for all the oppressed, against a patriarchal model that is on its way out. From this colourful, amusingly irreverent work, full of joyful madness, Philip Venables* and Ted Huffman* have worked together once again – after 4.48 Psychosis (2016) and Denis and Katya (2019) – to create a playful, madcap and profound patchwork somewhere between an opera and a cabaret revue. The fifteen performers are in turn singers, actors, and instrumentalists. And they remind us that, yes, pleasure is on the side of the good.
*Former artists of the Académie
THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS IS IN THE PRESS!
— THE TIMES
Après cent minutes d’un spectacle grisant, on reprend son souffle surpris et ébouriffés.
— THE GUARDIAN
Pris dans son ensemble, ce spectacle est parfois déroutant et chaotique, mais il est joué avec une énergie et un panache tels qu'il nous fascine et reste en nous, inoubliable.
— THE NEW YORK TIMES
Un exploit saisissant d’un chaos sous contrôle, parfaitement mené par une troupe de 15 personnes tantôt chanteurs, narrateurs, danseurs et instrumentistes.
— LE TEMPS
Du fond des âges à l’horizon du futur, le combat des minorités s’exprime dans une danse aussi délurée que dramatique. Le texte est cru et le sujet, sans fard, d’une actualité brûlante.
— LA PROVENCE
De cette œuvre haute en couleur, drôlement irrévérencieuse, pleine d'une joyeuse folie, Ted Huffman tire un franc succès synonyme d'espoir sur scène et en dehors.
Ticket prices: €52, €31, €15
Youth prices: €15, €9, €8
Performance available with ticket packages
1 hour and 45 minutes without interval
In English with French and English surtitles
Publisher © Ricordi
Under exclusive license and courtesy by Nightboat Books, New York
