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Queer Notions is at Project Arts Centre from 7 to 11 Dec 2010

THISISPOPBABY & Project Arts Centre present

QUEER NOTIONS
7-11 DECEMBER 2010

Glorious Outsiders. Bold Investigation. Riotous Fun.

This year’s festival will present new work from some of Ireland’s biggest boundary-pushing queer artists alongside extraordinary international artists with works never before seen in Ireland.

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The five-day festival will tear up Dublin City with a week of sublime queer plays, art, music, lecture, drag, film and politics.

FESTIVAL PASS
Make the most of this year's festival with a FESTIVAL PASS. Catch all shows in Queer Notions plus one Queer Spiel of your choice for €60 plus invites to the launch of Lilliqoi Blue – God Made Me A Boy and the launch of the Queer Notions book. That’s 7 shows, 1 Queer Spiel, 2 parties, 4 Queer Encounters and 1 Exhibition for just €60. Remember, the early bird catches the worm - this is a limited offer. Book your FESTIVAL PASS now by calling Box Office on 01 8819 613

THE LINE UP......

	THE BOBBY SANDS MEMORIAL RACE (DANCE/MULTIMEDIA) By Eddie Ladd (Wales) 7.30PM, 7 DEC 2010 €12/8 (conc) book now Set on a 12ft x 6ft running machine, Ladd’s stunning solo piece follows the sixty six days of the hunger strike and considers the long-distance goal of resistance. Read more.....

	LILIQUOI BLUE: GOD MADE ME A BOY (FILM/INSTALLATION) By Qasim Riza Shaheen (Ireland & UK) 5PM - 11PM, 7 - 11 DEC 2010 ADMISSION FREE The piece consists of three video adaptations titled Father I have sinned I, II and III that explore ideas around beautification, gender, memories and fantasies, while also telling very personal stories of longing and transformation. Read more.....

	THE BIG DEAL (THEATRE) By Úna Mc Kevitt (Ireland) 7.30PM, 8 & 9 DEC 2010 Tickets €10/ 8 (conc) book now A poignant and gritty work-in-progress showing based on letters and emails between two real life friends undergoing male to female gender reassignment. Read more....

	QUEER SPIEL (TALKS) Various speakers 6.00PM, 8 - 11 DEC 2010 Tickets €4 book now Hearty discussion and cheap talk; Queer Spiel is a series of robust chats by leading queers on hot topics. Irreverent, nostalgic, divisive and enlightening – this intimate series will fire up the neurons and spark debate. Read more .....

	FAGGOT (PERFORMANCE) By Jonny Woo 9.30PM, 8 DEC 20100 Tickets €12/8 (conc) book now Jubilant gay anthems, twisted storytelling, sucker punch poetry, sublime characterisations and deranged drag are all ingredients in the Jonny Woo show cake. You’ll leave wanting more, more, more. Read more.....

	QUEER ENCOUNTERS (THEATRE) 7.00PM 8 - 11 DEC 2010 Performance ADMISSION FREE This event is free but ticketed. Contact Box Office on 01 8819 613 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to book your place. Queer Encounters is a series of free live art happenings around Project Arts Centre building at 7pm during the Festival. Featuring Fanci Smanci and Anne Fetamine, Fionn Kidney and Caroline Campbell, Shane Byrne and special guest artist Stacey Makishi. Read more .....

	RETROFLECTION (PERFORMANCE/LIVE ART) By Dickie Beau 9.30PM, 9 DEC 2010 Tickets €12/10 (conc) book now Reframing the myth of Narcissus for the YouTube generation, Retroflection is a sensual shape-shifting one-man show made up of many faces. Read more .....

	TRADE (REHEARSED READING) By Mark O'Halloran 7.30PM, 10 DEC 2010 Tickets €8 book now In a run down B+B in the north inner city, a chaotic and vulnerable rent boy meets with a middle-aged, happily married client. At first their meetings are simple, money/sex exchanges, but as they get to know one another, the man experiences a troubling burden of care and a moral awakening that threatens to pull his domestic life apart. Read more .....

	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL WANKING (THEATRE) By Neil Watkins 9.30PM, 10 & 11 DEC 2010 Tickets €12/8 (conc) book now On orders from heaven, this is Neil's story through the wilderness of queerness: from Catholic Ireland to the cruising bars of the world; from Finglas head shops to Native American ceremonies. Read more .....

	SWAGGER: THE BEST OF PEGGY SHAW (PERFORMANCE) By Peggy Shaw 7.30PM, 11 DEC 2010 Tickets €14/10 (conc) book now A one off chance to see living legend and sublime gender bender Peggy Shaw performing in Ireland for the first time with a full show. A truly iconic lesbian performer in the height of her prowess, Swagger is Shaw’s favourite moments from her worldwide hit solo shows - You’re just Like My Father, Menopausal Gentleman, To My Chagrin and Must. Read more .....

Queer Notions is produced by THISISPOPBABY and Project Arts Centre, and is supported by The British Council, Dublin City Council, ABSOLUT and CityArts. Project Arts Centre is supported by the Arts Council.