Tranny Hotel receives funding boost

by Chris Parsons. Published Mon 24 Oct 2011 15:52

A transgender festival taking place in Liverpool has received a massive boost after being awarded a grant to help fund the event.

Tranny Hotel, being held 11 – 13 November at The Adelphi, will see dozens of transgender artists descend on the city from across the globe.

Following the announcement of the event, organisers said they were "delighted" after the project was awarded an Arts Council grant.

The funding has helped produce a series of workshops as part of the festival which will take place in the week leading up to the Tranny Hotel event itself.

The workshops will be held on the 7th, 9th, and 10th of November at the Bluecoat and examine a number of issues including gender, identity and self-presentation.

The grant is also helping organisers to run a performance workshop with renowned performer, author and journalist Adam Lowe as part of the festival weekend.

Lowe’s workshop ‘Cut Me Up Good’ will take place from 11am – 1pm and 4pm -6pm on Sun 13 November.

Exploring themes of gender identity, cross-dressing, celebrity culture and body fascism, Lowe will lead participants in devising a new performance about all things queer.

The performance will then take place as part of the closing night events on Sunday evening.

Festival Organiser Mandy Romero said, “I was delighted to hear that we had received the funding.

“It is adding a whole new outreach and education wing to the project, allowing us to go into and interact with the community so that we can work with them in addition to performing.

“One of the aims of the festival is to raise awareness of Transgenderism.

“Through these workshops we will be able to communicate a clear message of what it is to be a trans-person, allowing us to educate the wider community and highlight issues which the trans-community feel need highlighting.”

For more on the event or to book a workshop, please call 07815 078 219. Individuals and groups are both welcome to book.

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