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INSANE: Travis alabanza | Rare Historical Photos

‘Each shot feels like a private performance’: Rene Matić, the Turner shortlist’s only photographer

Arcadia Missa, LondonIn a deeply personal show called Idols Lovers Mothers Friends, we see the artist’s inner circle – but there are delightful tangents, too, including figurines by the patron saint of mixed-race people

The Guardian - UK

Overflow: this trans monologue set in a women’s bathroom has critics raving

After an acclaimed 2022 run, British playwright Travis Alabanza’s funny and heartbreaking dissection of transphobia in public spaces is back in Australia

The Guardian - AU

The best photography shows of 2023

Childhood memories generated by AI, photographic activism and prize-winning magical realism were among the standout exhibitions of the year

The Guardian - UK

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Nearly half UK adults believe LGBTQ+ representation important in storytelling – study

The YouGov survey highlights the need for diverse characters and creators.

The Independent UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Travis Alabanza and Danielle Jawando win 2023 Jhalak prizes for writers of colour

Judges described None of the Above, Alabanza’s memoir about being genderqueer, as ‘desperately important’, and said every teenager should read Jawando’s young adult novel When Our Worlds Collided

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Romy’s cultural highlights

The xx singer-songwriter and guitarist on the film that reminds her of holidays with her dad, reliving the Lionesses’ big win and her housework listening

The Guardian - UK

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The week in theatre: August in England; Blue Now; The Vortex – review

Lenny Henry draws his audience deep into the life – and its shattering – of a Windrush evictee; Derek Jarman’s final film is reverentially revisited; and Lia Williams and son ignite Noël Coward at his darkest

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s Shakespeare – as important as any modern piece of work’: Derek Jarman’s Blue comes to the stage

Russell Tovey, Simon Fisher Turner, Travis Alabanza and Neil Bartlett are teaming up to reimagine the director’s final film – a narrated meditation over a static blue screen – as a ‘thank you’ to the LGBTQ+ hero

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Sound of the Underground; Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons – review

Travis Alabanza and friends joyously return drag to its radical roots, while Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman keep it brief in Sam Steiner’s social media allegory

The Guardian - UK

Travis Alabanza on Sound of the Underground: ‘Who can make a show about money fun? Only drag performers’

The trans, non-binary artist talks about workers rights for cabaret performers and how the commercialisation of drag means it has gone from a ‘communal space to one of competition’

Evening Standard

The rising stars of stage and screen 2023

Keep an eye out for these about-to-be-famous faces

Evening Standard

The best London theatre shows to book in 2023 from Groundhog Day to Cheryl in 2:22

The pick of productions coming to London this year

Evening Standard

What one change would you make to achieve black equality in Britain? Our panel writes

Updating the school curriculum, creating an anti-racist politics … there is a pathway to a fairer and more equal society, say Lenny Henry, Diane Abbott and others

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Bristol Post

The Bristol Cool List 2022 - the 40 coolest Bristol people right now

it's been quite a year...

ABC News

Darlinghurst Theatre Company is making Australian theatre history with the first all-trans and gender-diverse team

In a 200-seat theatre in Darlinghurst, a trans woman commands the stage — a club bathroom — with a 60-minute marathon monologue that's full of heart, anguish and levity.

Bristol Post

Barton Hill youth theatre that started in a Portakabin is celebrating 20 years

The youth theatre was the only affordable activity for Travis who is now promoting a best-selling book

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Change by Kirsten Miller and The Queen Of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan.

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The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Vicky Featherstone’s cultural highlights

The Royal Court’s artistic director raves about a non-binary memoir, admires Gordon Brown’s stand on poverty and salutes Cornelia Parker’s proper mermaid

The Independent UK

Travis Alabanza: ‘People think transness is an identity you pick up at university – that’s not my experience’

Poet and performer Travis Alabanza’s memoir ‘None of the Above’ is a journey through their gender identity. They tell Patrick Sproull about being non-binary, the ‘crisis’ they experienced while writing the book, and how they reached catharsis

The Guardian - UK

My life outside the gender binary: ‘People want to know, often within the first handshake, whether you were always like this’

‘So, when did you know?’ As a gender nonconforming trans person, I have spent years being quizzed about my identity. But sometimes there are no neat answers

Manchester Evening News

UK's largest trans art festival returns to Manchester for fifth year with a promise of good vibes and hope

"If I was growing up in Manchester now and I knew there was a trans arts festival, I’d maybe feel a bit happier and safer."

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

Women’s prize judge Lorraine Candy, journalist Sarah Shaffi and Guardian readers Kate and Saffron discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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