The lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) performance project, Outbox,
which focuses on telling forgotten and unheard stories from the gay
community, will be presenting its new, original production Reach
Out And Touch Me at Shoreditch Town Hall, 26th-29th April
2012.
Following on from the success of its first performance, a youth
focused production called'SSA: Same Sex Attraction, Outbox turned
its attention to older LGB people with The Front Room which looked
at the isolation they can face within their communities. Now in its
third year, the upcoming production will follow on from where The
Front Room left off and look into what it takes to be part of a
community, how far people will go to connect and what truly defines
lesbian and gay culture.
Ben Buratta, Project Leader & Director of Outbox comments:
"Reach Out and Touch Me is the most ambitious, bold project we have
undertaken. For our third project, we wanted to produce something
that truly engaged the audience and made them feel part of the LGB
community, even for a short space of time. The basement of
Shoreditch Town Hall is an undiscovered maze of rooms and
corridors, which the audience will travel around to discover
different aspects of the gay community and how it feels to connect
within that. It is the perfect space for an audience member to
explore the hidden, exciting, underground nature of the gay
scene."
Outbox forms part of Central School of Speech and Drama's
continued commitment to outreach, social and community inclusion
and is funded by The Big Lottery Fund to work with lesbian, gay and
bisexual (LGB) people promoting intergenerational links through
theatre. Noticing the lack of social mechanism for younger and
older LGB people, the aim of Outbox is to create theatre that
brings these people and their ideas together.
The show will be playing at The Vaults of Shoreditch Town Hall,
380 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LT, from Wednesday 26th April to
Sunday 29th April 2012.
Tickets are free (with a suggested charitable donation of £5)
but due to limited space they do need to be booked.
The Outbox performance project produces one show in London and
another city per year as well as six national workshops for young
LGB people.
For more information and to book your place, visit outboxlgb.com
