ELEN's Queer Double Feature: *HOT DYKE PARTY x SISSY FIT: BATTLE CRY*
Schedule
Tue Apr 01 2025 at 06:30 pm to 10:15 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Westbury Theatre | Edmonton, AB
ELEN's Queer Double FeatureHOT DYKE PARTY x SISSY FIT: BATTLE CRY
Tuesday, April 1st
Fringe Theatre Arts Barns: Westbury Theatre (Access Night)
2 GREAT SHOWS
1 VERY GAY EVENING!
ELEN is so pleased to attend the Expanse Festival for a queer-tastic extravaganza while taking in two wonderful new spectaculars--all of this on their extra accessible night! We are super excited to collaborate with a festival highlighting accessibility and all things ALL BODIES and QUEER--plus we are pumped to share that tickets are being sold on a pay what you are able model.
Make sure after checking out online to fill out the checkbox questionnaire to reply that you are with ELEN so we can sit as a group! We also hear a few other fantastic local orgs will be hanging out with us as well.
This event is in a wheelchair accessible venue. For more about Expanse Accessibility, visit: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-access/
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can. Suggested Price is $35 per show but any donation including $0 will be accepted. "At Azimuth Theatre, we believe art should be accessible to all, regardless of financial circumstances. That’s why all of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Can model. We understand that everyone’s situation is different, so we leave it up to you to determine the value of your experience."
HOT DYKE PARTY 7PM
A theatre-rock-concert celebrating dykes, butches, femmes, and queers of all sorts. HOT DYKE PARTY was inspired by the music of Fleetwood Mac, Joan Jett, Patti Smith, and Irish-rock-bands of the 90s. Genre-fluid, we invite you to create a space where queer Sapphic joy is the focus of the night, where we celebrate community. Also rock-concerts are fun.
Artist Credits:
The Band: Arthi Chandra, Blue Chu, Cindy Kao, Hannah Meyers, Hayley Sullivan, Thule van den Dam
The Designer: Alexandra Caprara
Special thanks: Canada Council for the Arts, Dykes everywhere.
Accessible Performance - Tuesday April 1 @ 7:00pm: Sensory-Informed Option and Live Captioning
14A
Warning: Loud music/sounds, flashing bright lights, haze.
Approximate or Estimated Duration: 60 minutes
Sissy Fit: Battle Cry 8:30PM
'Sissy Fit: Battle Cry' is a drag spectacle of pure, cathartic release— for your heart, soul, and body. It revels in the joy of self-expression and the tension of navigating a world full of inequality, heteronormativity, and societal absurdity. Sissy invites the audience to channel rage, delight, and defiance into an empowering, communal experience. Part lip-sync, part protest, part cabaret spectacle, Battle Cry reaches out to anyone who's ever felt too much or not enough to embrace their inner 'Sissy' and unleash an outrageous, radical transformation dripping with spectacle.
Creator, Playwright, and Performer - Brett Dahl
Performer -Hunny Moon
Performer - Felicia Bonée
Performer - Orpheus
Performer - Voula Callas
Stage Manager - Curtis Gautier
Costume Designer - Benjamin Toner
Lighting Design - Rory Turner
Projected Media and Scenic Designer - T. Erin Gruber
Sound Designer - Kena León
Dresser - Andraya Diogo
Producers - Brett Dahl and T. Erin Gruber
Special thanks: University of Alberta, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts.
Accessible Performance - Tuesday April 1 @ 8:30pm: Relaxed performance and Deaf/Hard of Hearing Access Points
Content Warning: Feelings of transphobia and body dysmorphia BUT the play will end happily – like we are going to talk about trans issues/the premiere in ways which may be triggering but, I got you, we go through the shit to find the light and then we will party. Also, loud noise, haze, and flashing lights.
Approximate or Estimated Duration: 90 minutes
Where is it happening?
Westbury Theatre, 10330 84 Ave,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada![ELEN: Edmonton Lesbian* Event Network [2S\\LGBTQQIA+]](https://cdn2.happeningnext.com/thumbs/thumb63c2b8091536a.jpg)
