Smalltown Boy
By Brenda Callis‘I want them to see it. To throw it in their faces in all its big, camp, messy glory.’
In the wake of their boyfriend Leo’s unexpected death, Edie – a drag queen from Bristol – travels down to Cornwall to meet the family they never knew of. Expecting small-town homophobia, Edie instead finds a community they didn’t expect. As Edie’s arrival awakens new emotions and old tensions, drag begins to trickle through this seaside town and truths begin to pour out.
How do you piece together a person who didn’t have time to find those pieces themself?
Smalltown Boy by Brenda Callis, is a heartbreakingly joyful play about grief, community, and growing up queer in a rural town, explored through the explosive storytelling medium of drag.
Made with support and collaboration from Arts Council England, Hall for Cornwall, Bristol Old Vic, The Writers Block, Black Voices Cornwall and Cornwall Pride.
Artwork: Chris Clegg | Photo: Seb Alexander
An engaging, funny and poignant four-hander
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Post Show Q&A | Fri 30 Jan
The performance on Fri 30 Jan will be followed by a Q&A with the creative team of Smalltown Boy, hosted by Daryn Carter and Bristol Pride.
Daryn has been delivering the annual Bristol Pride festival for the last 16 years and has grown and developed the festival over this time. Bristol Pride is now one of the largest Pride events in the UK, welcoming over 47000 people to its two weeks of events across the city. Daryn was awarded an MBE for services to the LGBT+ community and granted Freedom of the City of Bristol in recognition of his work for the local community and continues to campaign and advocate for the LGBTQ+.
This event has been supported by the Bristol Pride Community Fund, a fund created by Pride to offer financial support and to uplift local events, groups and activities in the city.
A BIG THANK YOU TO:
Kirtsy Cotton, Catrin Walker-Booth, Sophia Oriogun-Williams, Abi Hutchinson, YuGiHoe, Dwayne The Pipe, Dynasty, Tess Drive, Courtney Jackson, Miss Venus Wailer, Small Willy Nelson, Oliver Assets, BooHoo Man, Leo Kirk, Max Morrison, Phil Kincaid and all the Young People who attended workshops and the reading at The Writer’s Block.
