Homotopia 2013 Archive

17 November 14.00 British gay culture went deep underground after the Second World War. A secretive network grew up around the boom in bodybuilding and physique...

16 November Enter the unpredictable world of Affront! Psychedelic performances by Liverpool LGBT artists tackling the theme of labelling. Featuring Grim Outlook, Caustic Widows, Austin...

16 November 18.00 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE. Developed in collaboration with Aviance Milan (NYC’s House of Milan) - Vogue-Deco is a new dance work that pushes the boundaries of...

16 November 14.00 Free This powerful documentary directed by Michiel van Erp gives us privileged and rare access to some of the first generation of trans* women....

16 November 14.00 Join us for a weekend of events which contextualize Hockney’s early works considering aspects of gay life in the 1950s and 1960s. In...

14 & 15 November 19.45 15 November matinee 14.30 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE & HOMOTOPIA COMMISSION. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you" Maya...

14 November 18.00 The ever candid pop icon, DJ, director & photographer Boy George discusses his life and work with radio broadcaster Janice Long. Since 1982,...

13 & 16 November 20.00 14 & 15 November 21.15 HOMOTOPIA COMMISSION.  Written and performed by Keddy Sutton and Gillian Hardie. Mis Les - a Revolution in...

10 November 18.30 REGIONAL PREMIERE. Jeffrey Schwarz’ enlightening documentary about a unique person – follow Divine’s life from humble Baltimore beginnings to superstar status as the Queen...

9 November 21.00 Join England’s avant-guardian for a night of live art, poetry, conversation and music. Featuring special guests Julie Holestar and Gerry Potter. ‘David Hoyle...

9 November 19.00 A night of new works featuring female dancers. Young Man! From DeNada Dance Theatre is a meaty, bold duet spiked with memories of...

9 November 14.00 - 17.00 Outside Museum of Liverpool A woman with a shaved head takes your hand in a station. A large man dressed in black...

8 November 21.30 Queer DIY party and multimedia project Chew Disco welcomes legendary performance and multimedia artist, filmmaker, musician, and drag-punk icon Ms Vaginal Davis. With...

8 November 2013 20.00 EXCLUSIVE UK APPEARANCE. The incomparable writer, director and actor John Waters’ one-man show is a vaudeville act that celebrates the film career and...

7 November 18.00 Jane Czyzselska, Campbell X, Paris Lees, Caroline Walters, Dr Meg Barker. According to sex writer Emily Dubberley there is nothing forbidden in the realm...

7 November 19.00 8 November 19.00 and 21.00 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE & CO-COMMISSION. In a hedonistic world decorated with cheap glamour, three outcasts create their own distorted version...

6 November 19.30 Performance phenomenon and gender dis-illusionist, Dickie Beau takes inspiration from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' for his latest show, Lost in Trans, presenting a poetic performance...

6 November 18.00 An extraordinary true tale of cross-dressing and gay sub-culture in 19th-century London is revealed in Neil McKenna’s new book, Fanny & Stella. His...

5 November 20.00 Comedian, novelist, actor  long-standing host of Radio 4's News Quiz and Excess Baggage Sandi will be performing her uniquely witty evening of stand-up,...

1 & 2 November 20.00 Take a journey to New York’s iconic Chelsea Hotel with award-winning Earthfall. A voyeuristic exploration of its inhabitants lives, loves and...

30 October - 25 November 11.00 - 17.00 Free Featuring photographs from LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives including England’s Dreaming: the Jon Savage Archive, this exhibition focuses...

30 October - 25 November 11.00 - 17.00 Free Combining rare and original artefacts donated to LJMU Special Collections and Archives by former X-Ray Spex manager Falcon...