Bette Bourne to attend gala film launch for LGBT History Month
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama host alumnus and Honorary Fellow Bette Bourne at a gala screening of the film It Goes with the Shoes on Wednesday, February 12. Featuring playwright Mark Ravenhill as a guide, the documentary explores Bourne’s life as a performer and gay rights icon. The
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama host alumnus and Honorary Fellow Bette Bourne at a gala screening of the film It Goes with the Shoes on Wednesday, February 12.
Featuring playwright Mark Ravenhill as a guide, the documentary explores Bourne’s life as a performer and gay rights icon.
The film shows Bourne at the heart of continual social change swapping suits and the straight life for lipstick and frocks.
Shedding light on a hidden part of gay history the film portrays the early meetings of the Gay Liberation Front, to the first mass protests in Europe. From Bourne’s life in a gay drag commune in London’s Notting Hill the film shows him as the creative force behind queer theatre group The Bloolips redefining not only what it meant to be gay, but also to be male.
As part of the celebration for LGBT History Month the screening will be followed by a Q and A session.
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What: Gala screening of the film It Goes with the Shoes
Where: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Embassy Theatre, 62-64 Eton Ave, London NW3 3HY
When: Wednesday February 12
Time: 7:00 pm
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