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By Lowie Trevena, Monday Feb 8, 2021 Championing women and non-binary writers, For Books’ Sake hosts events, workshops and retreats across the UK. For LGBTQ+ History Month 2021 the people behind the project are launching the Queer Heartbreakers Ball (QHB) to help bring LGBTQ+ people together at a time when physical events can’t happen. A celebration of spoken word, the event on Saturday, February 13 will be hosted by two writers from Bristol and will bring togetherness words and queerness. ...

Travis and their mum, Desiree, on set for the Pantene campaign. (Pantene) Travis Alabanza, the writer, performer and theatre-maker extraordinaire, agreed to kick off their slippers recently to do something a bit different: a modelling shoot with their mum, Desiree. “I was gagged, because I’ve been wanting an excuse to get my mum dressed up and glammed up. It was a no-brainer for me,” they say. But when Travis proposed the shoot – a hair campaign with Pantene – to their mum, she said n...

Travis Alabanza’s new play, Overflow, takes place in a bathroom: white tiled walls and floor, purple toilet and sink, mirror, dripping pipes. In the bathroom, a young woman, Rosie – played by Reece Lyons – begins a monologue about pre-emptive p**sing. It gradually becomes clear that Rosie has locked herself in the bathroom, and is waiting for it to be safe before venturing out. The staging is deliberate, of course. Women’s bathrooms have become the focal point (along with domestic abus...

Overflow, Bush Theatre review – fear, fury and fun | reviews, news & interviews Overflow, Bush Theatre review – fear, fury and fun Overflow, Bush Theatre review – fear, fury and fun New monologue is a shout out for trans and non-gender-conforming rights by Aleks SierzSaturday, 12 December 2020 Toilet sanctuary: Reece Lyons in ‘Overflow’.Sharron Wallace Travis Alabanza is black, trans, queer and proud. And they’ve got a lot to be proud about. In 2016, they were the young...

Last modified on Thu 10 Dec 2020 04.58 EST Rosie is trapped in a bathroom. Tugging at her velvet dress and twiddling with the taps, she is stalling, talking to us as she waits for the threat to pass outside. This new solo show by Burgerz writer Travis Alabanza, performed by Reece Lyons and directed by Debbie Hannan, tackles the complex social situations that can arise in bathrooms for trans people, with protagonist Rosie’s stories veering between alliance and abuse. In recent years, public...