13th, 15th, 17th & 19th February
Trouser-Wearing Characters'
by Rose Collis
Feb 13 at 6:30pm, at Plymouth Central Library
Feb 15 at 7:00pm, at Exeter Library
Feb 17 at 6:30pm, at Taunton Linray
Feb 19 at 6:00pm, at Battle Library
Rose Collis brings her acclaimed one-woman musical
cabaret show to Plymouth Central Library, as part of
an Arts Council-funded tour for LGBT History Month
2016.
‘Trouser-Wearing Characters’ is the first ever musical
cabaret show written and performed by a British female
author. This original entertainment, written and
performed by one of Sussex’s favourite personalities, is a
unique mixture of music, history and comedy.
It combines stories, vignettes and songs about some of
her favourite, eclectic LGBT ‘trouser-wearing characters’,
from Nancy Spain to Colonel Barker, stage legend
Dougie Byng to the ‘f**king lady’ herself, Coral Browne.
The original production was directed by Matt Thompson,
2016 version directed by Kinny Gardner B.C.A.a
All performances will be followed by informal Q&A
sessions with Rose Collis and opportunities to buy books
by her.
‘OUTSTANDING SHOW – FIVE STARS’, Fringe
Review
Trouser-Wearing Characters is a highly-entertaining and
personal piece of cabaret theatre that will be appreciated
by a broad audience.’ Theatre Review New Zealand
‘It’s a pleasure to spend an hour with Rose Collis and her
tales of masculine women and feminine men, a look at
the gay British sub culture of the last century.’ Adelaide
Advertiser
18th February
Capturing
Cambridge at
the Museum
of Cambridge
celebrates LGBT
History Month
18-Feb, 7pm, Museum of
Cambridge, 2/3 Castle
Street, Cambridge CB3
0AQ
Noel Teulon Porter and
the Cambridge ‘Half
Mooners’: Progressive
Thinkers on Sex and
Sexuality’ a talk by
Charlotte Woodley at the
Museum of Cambridge.
FREE event but spaces
limited so please book your
place early! Call 01223
355159 or email
capturingcambridge@
museumofcambridge.org.uk
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