Travis Alabanza is a London-based performance artist and describes himself as a theatre-maker, writer & general shit talker!. They are about to bring their smash hit solo performance BURGERZ to Boston’s Emerson Paramount Center. Created and performed by Alabanza, the piece explores how trans bodies survive and how, by reclaiming an act of violence, we can address our own complicity.
Directed by Sam Curtis Lindsay, Burgerz is a trans reclamation story; after transphobic slurs – and a hamburger – are thrown at theater artist Travis Alabanza, a newfound passion is ignited. They became obsessed with hamburgers: How they are made. How they feel and smell. How they travel through the air. How the mayonnaise feels on your skin. This show is the climax of their obsession. Alabanza presents a performance that is timely, unsettling, hilarious, and powerful.
“I’m so excited to be bringing my show Burgerz to Boston and ArtsEmerson,” Travis Alabanz told Queerguru. “I’ve had the immense privilege of touring the work around Europe and Brazil, and I’m so glad the show can continue in Boston. Having worked as a college student at Breakthrough Greater Boston during the summer, and previously performing at Harvard for their LGBTQ+ group in 2018, it is a real privilege to return to a city I love with my full show and team. Trans lives are continuing to be debated when ultimately, we should be the ones speaking – and I’m glad Burgerz is part of that wider movement of trans art speaking back.”
BURGERZ WRITTEN BY AND STARRING TRAVIS ALABANZA PRODUCED BY HACKNEY SHOWROOM APRIL 13 – 24, 2022 EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER | JACKIE LIEBERGOTT BLACK BOX
Labels: 2022, Arts Emerson, Boston, Burgerz, performance artist, trans, Travis Alabanza
