A Life in Three Acts - American Premiere at St. Ann's Warehouse (DUMBO, Brooklyn)

A Life in Three Acts, winner of the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe First Award,
finds Bette Bourne and Mark Ravenhill on stage together. The celebrated
performer and key figure in Britain's largely unreported post-war gay
liberation struggle, shares his story with his close friend and celebrated
UK playwright. A Life in Three Acts is a living, breathing history, edited and adapted
for the stage from a series of private conversations between two friends,
reminiscing about the life and times of Bette Bourne. The performance is
remarkably honest, by turns humorous and angry. The story moves from
Bourne's post-war childhood to his first walk across Piccadilly Circus in
drag, to his seminal role in the formation of the Gay Liberation Front in
Britain. He recalls life in a drag commune, the creation of the
groundbreaking and OBIE Award-winning BLOOLIPS Company, and more --
painting an extraordinary portrait of both a life and a movement. To be
sure, the work is more than a memoir. It is a moving celebration of the
momentous upheavals and transformative achievements of one of history's
greatest liberation struggles. The show comes to St. Ann's Warehouse
directly on the heels of a successful run at London's Soho Theatre.

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Entertainment

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• Bette Bourne
• Bloolips
• Mark Ravenhill
• St. Ann's Warehouse