Dance Adaptation of Transsexual Novel LUNA Set for Brighton Fringe and North Devon Theatre Festival February 10th – June 24th
Pretty Good Girl Dance Theatre will present LUNA, adapted from the novel by acclaimed author Julie Anne Peters, from the 11th to the 13th of May at the Nightingale, Brighton Fringe Festival. The show will also tour 21st - 24th June to the North Devon Theatre Festival.
LUNA uses Prretty Good Girl's blend of storytelling, dance and physical theatre to unfold a brave story that celebrates personal freedom, acceptance and unconditional love.
Offering an insight into the life of a transsexual teen, Luna takes the audience on a delicate dance evoked journey with Liam/Luna and his sister Regan as they come to understand Liam’s true identity.
Set to the haunting and beautiful cello concertos of Bach, this is a theatre piece exploring transsexuality and the quest to become whole.
Luna the book is a National Book Award Finalist, a Lambda literary award finalist and a Stonewall Honor book.
Director Louise Barrett said: "Luna is an exceptional book. In the USA it is also an award winning book. I felt compelled to tell this story to a UK audience.
"In Somerset we are always aware of our lack of diversity in so many ways. But according to official data Somerset has the largest number of transsexual individuals living in the South West.
"The journey to telling this story has been up to now been a smooth one. Firstly, the amazing American author Julie Anne Peters said a great big ‘yes’ to my own adaptation for dance and theatre, and secondly a positive amount of regional theatres, schools and arts centres have been brave enough to book the show for a 2012 tour.
"People are indeed aware of this important issue and also understand that this is a subject that affects us all. They are willing to put money behind the show; offering audiences an oh-so needed insight into the world of a transgendered teen. This is not just about gender, it is about acceptance, tolerance and understanding in the wonderfully diverse world we now inhabit."
May Tickets: www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk
June Tickets: www.theatrefest.co.uk
More information: www.prettygoodgirl.com
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