A powerful and often humorous collection of secret stories exploring sexuality, vulnerability and desire taken from interviews with butches, masculine women and transmen, living world-wide.
Written by: Libro Levi Bridgeman
Directed by: Julie McNamara
Originally developed and performed by: The Drakes
A London-based group of butches, transmen and gender rebels brought together in friendship and solidarity.
UPCOMING EVENTS
This is a last chance to see the show live. Real-life testimonies from butches, masculine-presenting females, transmen and gender rebels based in the UK, USA, Caribbean, Ireland, Australia and more, gathered by writer Libro Levi Bridgeman and directed by Julie McNamara.
The Butch Monologues first toured in 2015. Since then it has been staged at sell-out shows at venues and festivals worldwide, including the UK, Ireland and New York Abron Arts, La Mama, Outburst, Shout!, Homotopia, L Fest, Just Like a Woman. The show has been presented 3 times at WOW on London’s Southbank. Following a tour to Australia in 2019 the company brings the show back to online audiences across the globe.
BOOKING
Wednesday 20th October - 6.30pm
Friday 22nd October - 6.30pm
If you can’t watch it at these times, you will be able to watch The Butch Monologues online from 25th October - 25th November. You just need to book your ticket via this page for either date then you will receive details on how to access the film on Monday 25 October.
Due to high demand we have now opened up ticket sales again.
Please press the book tickets button for The Last Stand.
Thank you!
What online audiences are saying about The Butch Monologues
“The show is so powerful and affirming.I could watch it over and over. ”
“Oh my, the gorgeous butch swagger.”
“An important documentation of masc of centre & trans masc folx.”
“Being non-binary, lesbian and butch are all harmonious and shows like this support this - thank you!!!”
“As a femme who came out in the 1980s this was important to me.”
“More self-acceptance and seeing the stories of butches who also embraced their inner femininity - felt so validated…thanks for making this show deaf accessible. More please!”
Hear what people thought about the show
Buy The Butch Monologues Book
“Succeeds in making us all feel loved”
– Lois Weaver
We are also in a chapter of The Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance.
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