Cally Ann and her Great Aunt Tranni

Name: Cally Ann and her Great Aunt Tranni
Start: 2026-03-18T17:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-18T20:00:00+00:00
Location: The White Swan Building

Schedule

Wed Mar 18 2026 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The White Swan Building | Portsmouth, EN

An evening of performance poetry looking at the experience of being alive and trans in 2026.
** Free Tickets! **
Doors at 5:30pm, Performance 6-8pm with a break at half time!
Cally Ann Kerr & Nicola Anne Beck present:
Cally Ann and her Great Aunt Tranni - A poetic evening of trans rage and joy
(featuring the premier of ‘Great Aunt Tranni is Very Disappointed’)
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An evening of performance poetry looking at the experience of being alive and trans in 2026.
Cally Ann Kerr:
In another life, a long-time observer of the human condition through fiction, transition has brought poetry into Cally Ann’s life. She has been through a lot and wants to tell you all about it.
The experience of being trans has been a roller coaster of emotions, and her performance poetry will tell you all about it, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the absolutely fabulous, darling.
Veering from the personal to the political, with stops in between, these poems bring a microscope to gender and society, and focus them through a personal lens.
Trigger warning: this performance includes ‘language’.

Nicola Anne Beck:
Like the eccentric in the family who swears through Sunday lunch, Nicola Beck’s show is packed with amused disdain, sharp wit, and a few choice expletives. Woker than Gen Alpha, Great Aunt Tranni is very disappointed indeed, and keen to tell you why.
Nicola is a performance poet who beguiles us into hearing her messages about inclusivity, humanity, and the fundamental importance of life, with a combination of humour, vulnerability, anger, and sassiness. Her themes gyrate from the political to the personal, from the serious and global, to the silliness of everyday life. She is a vocal campaigner for the rights of all, whatever gender, species, or planet of origin, and believes fervently in the power of art to unify and build community.