FIAF and Abrons Arts Center Postpone Dickie Beau's BLACKOUTS

Due to unexpected travel circumstances, all performances of Blackouts by UK-based drag fabulist Dickie Beau have been postponed to 2017. The U.S. premiere was scheduled to take place October 6-15 at Abrons Arts Center as part of the 2016 edition of Crossing the Line, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)'s contemporary arts festival. All ticket buyers have been issued a full refund.

Dickie Beau has revitalized the tradition of lip-synching through distinctive playback performances in which he embodies counter-cultural figures and movie stars alike. Innovatively reimagining traditional lip-syncing, Beau mimes to spoken word in uncanny invocations with the showmanship of a drag artist and the dark melancholy of a clown. In Blackouts, Beau conjures the spirits of his childhood idols, including Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland, to create a uniquely personal theatrical experience.

Blackouts premiered at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool, as part of the Homotopia festival. It has gone on to sell-out runs at Contact Manchester, Chelsea Theatre, and London's Soho Theatre and has toured extensively within the UK.

A versatile performer and artist, Dickie Beau is widely celebrated for the virtuosic skill, innovation and diversity of his work in which he realizes an exquisite interplay of digital content and live performance. He has received multiple awards, including the prestigious Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award and the London Cabaret Award for Best Alternative Performer.

The Abrons Arts Center is the Obie award-winning performing and visual arts program of Henry Street Settlement. The Abrons supports the creation and presentation of innovative, multi-disciplinary work; cultivates artists in all stages of their practice with educational programs, mentorships, residencies and commissions; and serves as an intersection of engagement for local, national and international audiences and arts-workers. For more information, visit www.abronsartscenter.org.

FIAF's mission is to create and offer New Yorkers innovative and unique programs in education and the arts that explore the evolving diversity and richness of French cultures. FIAF seeks to generate new ideas and promote cross cultural dialogue through partnerships and new platforms of expression. For more, go to fiaf.org.