Boy in a Dress

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Time Out Critic's Choice: 'La JohnJoseph is an icon in the making'. A third-gendered, fallen Catholic, ex-catwalk model from the wrong side of the tracks, La JohnJoseph invites you to her raucously political and accidentally profound retrospectacle. He combines monologue, song, striptease, postmodern philosophy and vaudeville, in an exhilarating collage which explores gender, class, religion and identity, told from her somewhat unique cultural perspective.This is his frank and almost charming autobiography.'Made me feel that virginal wonderment theatre is supposed to offer up' (What'sOnTheFringe.com). 'In La JohnJoseph's weird world, anything and everything is possible' (Village Voice). www.lajohnjoseph.com/boyinadress. Ages 14+. Contains some nudity.

Critical Mass / The Stand Comedy Club.

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Reviews & features

Boy in a Dress

10 Aug 2012

Thought-provoking and fabulous drag-related cabaret

Androgynous, third-gendered, ginger beauty La JohnJoseph makes a show-and-tell of the idea that all identity is a performance, and none more obviously than that which occurs on the stage, with his conflagration of gender theory, drag performance and…

Interview: La JohnJoseph bring Boy in a Dress to Edinburgh Fringe 2012

25 Jul 2012

'Totally autobiographical' show combines, music, vaudeville and striptease

La JohnJoseph has a distinct memory of his first foray into performance: ‘I wore a cocktail dress and my dear friend Gina wore my suit and we created that infamous scene from Showgirls where they have sex in the swimming pool, and we did that to the…

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012: Theatre highlights

11 Jul 2012

Steve Jobs, Casablanca, Belt Up, MacBeth in Scots and more

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. Mike Daisey’s powerful monologue, which shed uncomfortable light on the appalling working conditions in Chinese factories creating Apple products, attracted acclaim and controversy in the US. You’ll never look at…