Photo of Titus Androgynous, Sarah Marchand, Vivian Or and Kit Boulter by Sly Pereira
Presented at The Painted Lady by Pointed Cap Playhouse, Girl Gang Cabarets and Theatre ARTaud, Ill Met By Moonlight is a queer, burlesque reimagining of the fanciful A Midsummer Night’s Dream—my favourite of Shakespeare’s comedies! It was the first I had ever seen and I remember the giddy, whimsical sexiness of it made quite an impression on my then pubescent psyche. With it’s bodily transformations and slyly anarchic wordplay, this magical tale of madcap rendezvous seems ideal for a gender-defying, sex-positive presentation. Continue Reading