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diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
TransAction Theatre presents
Written and performed by Joey Hateley
Directed by Julie McNamara
‘Take the dream out of your head, put it beneath your feet and don’t look down’
ABOUT THE SHOW
diRTy is a cutting-edge theatrical journey to redemption through some of the darkest nights of the
soul – an explosive, visceral portrayal of disintegration. Will we remain trapped by the chains that
bind us or can we lead each other toward the light? diRTy is a beautiful waste; a multi-media
perverted psycho-drama and visionary extravaganza. This performance is a raw depiction of the
taboos and excesses of humanity and a unique piece of trans-feminist theatre that asks: ‘Where
would you draw the line?’
Joey Hateley, writer and performer says:
"diRTy is a life-long challenge to share the deepest parts of my psyche. I am asking what fears and
forces drive and inspire any of us? What experiences and choices shape the core of who we are? I'm
exploring a sexual language that moves beyond binary boxes of gender, and the singular notion of
Identity. It is the most honest, exciting and terrifying thing I have ever done".
Julie McNamara, director says:
"Joey Hateley's new work is profoundly unsettling, raw and vulnerable. Born of obsessions, craving,
nightmare and desire diRTy picks open wounds, clawing a careful pathway to redemption through
the lens of a fragmented self. Where there is gross injustice, the soul flees a while. It's my role as
Director to coax us back, from darkness into light."
diRTy is supported by
diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
SHARING
There will be a sharing of diRTy at Contact, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA at 7.30pm on Wed
30th January. The discussion at the end of the performance will be filmed for promotional purposes
with your creative feedback, interpretations, ideas and responses to the issues raised. If you would
like to attend please RSVP to: http://dirtyvip.eventbrite.co.uk/
TOURING
diRTy is available to tour the UK and abroad in 2014. To discuss booking performances please
contact Joey Hateley at [email protected] or by calling 0781 4068190.
CREATIVE TEAM
WRITER AND PERFORMER
Joey Hateley
Joey Hateley is the Artistic Director of TransAction a company
that creates innovative transformative cross-cultural performance
on issues of identity, diversity, inclusion and empowerment. As a
writer, director, educator and activist who creates
interdisciplinary experimental work, Joey has collaborated with
diverse organisations, such as the three -year project with Casa
Trans in Ecuador; a photography project with trans sex workers in
Thailand; running drama workshops with young people in India,
Namibia, Peru and South Africa and devising a show with Peggy
Shaw at the Drill Hall London, touring work across the UK,
Australia, Belgium, Sweden, Canada and USA arts festivals.
DIRECTOR
Julie McNamara
Julie McNamara's work is a passionate appeal for social justice.
She seeks out excluded voices in the margins of our communities,
revealing some uncomfortable truths. Constantly accused of
saying the unsayable, she would admit that social skills are not
her forte. The work speaks for itself. She currently runs Vital
Xposure, a dynamic new production company. Created in 2011
the company sets out to promote hidden voices with
extraordinary stories to tell. South Bank Show Award 2010. Dada
Writers Award 2009.
diRTy is supported by
diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
CREATIVE CONSULTANT
Wyllie Longmore
Wyllie Longmore was born in Jamaica and has been resident in
England since 1961. He trained at the Rose Bruford College of
Speech and Drama as an actor and a teacher and both these
disciplines have continued to inform his working life. As an actor he
has played a variety of roles in rep across the country and at the
Royal National Theatre. He also has considerable experience in
radio and television. As a teacher, he has worked in school, with
youth and community groups and in the department of drama at
Manchester University. He was the first Head of Acting at The
Arden School of Theatre, a post he held from 1991 – 2002. He
continues to work as an actor, director and dramaturg.
CREATIVE CONSULTANT
Rachel Dean
Rachel Dean is a dance artist based in Leeds who performs, teaches
and choreographs. She has a particular interest in improvisation and
collaboration with other art forms and is part of the
collective Mathilde. She has devised and performed for Institute for
Crazy Dancing, Cheshire Dance, Ascendance Rep, Markus Hoft and
The Body Cartography Project as well as producing her own work
supported by Arts Council England, Theatre in the Mill, Chisenhale
Dance Space, Dance in Herts and Yorkshire Dance. Rachel is
passionate about sharing her love of dance and teaches regularly at
Yorkshire Dance, Mind the Gap and Improvisation Exchange. She
graduated from The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in
2006 and in 2007 and 2009 was selected for the International
Danceweb Scholarship at Impulstanz Festival. She has a BSc in
Psychology and is currently studying part time for MA Creative
Practice (Dance Professional Pathway) at Trinity Laban and
Independent Dance.
CREATIVE TEAM (CONT.)
Videographers - Albino Mosquito
Photographer – Jules Styles
Lighting Designer – Lynsey Hicks
Technician – Lynsey Hicks
diRTy is supported by
diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
diRTy HISTORY
diRTy was conceived when Joey was a writer-inresidence at Contact as a part of the BBC’s Northern
Exposure project in 2003. An excerpt was performed
on BBC Radio 4 in 2004 before receiving its first public
reading at the Library Theatre, Manchester, during the
same year. Arts Council England funding enable Joey
to develop diRTy with six artists from different
disciplines to stage a work in progress in April 2005 at
the PANDA Regional Showcase.
COMPANY HISTORY
TransAction Theatre
Established in 2002 TransAction creates innovative,
issue-based experimental projects containing highquality, multi art-form performance. TransAction
collaborates with diverse communities, artists and
organisations to create a programme of sociopolitical work. Previous work includes A:Gender, a
one-person show about female masculinity, trans
and alternative gender identities
(http://youtu.be/R2-hn720vbA) and ENGENDERED
SPECIES devised and directed by Peggy Shaw (Split
Britches) by commission of the Drill Hall, London
(http://youtu.be/Qswrzu5gCtk).
For more information about TransAction Theatre
please visit: www.TransActionTheatre.co.uk
diRTy is supported by
diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
diRTy TOUR INFORMATION
TARGET AUDIENCES
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THEATRE GENRE AUDIENCES
Students 16+ (College & University)
NHS & Gender Specialists
Mental health Professionals
Policy makers
Specific Interest community groups
Social care providers and users
Socio-cultural Academics
Interdisciplinary Artists
* Experimental theatre
* Poetry
* Multi-media
* Performance Art
* Physical Theatre
* Forum Theatre
* Theatre of the Absurd
* Theatre of Cruelty
TOURING INFORMATION
Type of show:
Touring Pattern:
Age Range:
Length:
Cost:
Accommodation:
Multi-media, experimental, interactive, queer theatre
Multiple performances preferred, but one-night bookings available
Suitable for age 16 + “Trigger Warning*
(strong language, violent and sexually explicit images)
1 hour, no interval
Performance fee is negotiable with the company
To be provided for 2 x company members where possible
Dates Available: 2014
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Playing Space:
Lighting:
Sound:
Get In and Out:
On the Road:
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Special FX:
AV
AV and Sound
The piece is able to adapt to suit most performance spaces but ideally the
performance space would be a minimum of 4m x 6m. End on seating
preferred.
LX plan available on request.
Sound to be run from a laptop via house PA.
Minimum get-in time, 8 hours (from 9am for a 7.30pm performance).
Minimum get-out time, 1.5 hours (after the final performance)
1 x performer, 1 x touring technician.
Adequate dressing room facilities/spaces for 1 performer and 1 touring
technician.
Weight bearing rig preferred.
No fire or water hazards, no flashes or bangs used in the show.
Good quality video projector and screen
To be run with Q-Lab programme from a iMac laptop.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY & WORKSHOPS
Joey Hateley is an experienced workshop facilitator and is able to deliver both informal and formal
education workshops and post-show talks to complement your programme. Workshops can also be
tailored to your needs.
diRTy is supported by
diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
PRESS ABOUT JOEY
“THE provocative performance artist Joey Hateley a.k.a. The Gender Joker.”
META, 2012
“Joey Hateley performs so many different identities we don’t know what box they are in anymore”
LatinArt.com, 2011
“A stirring performer that throws some serious light on current taboos.”
A:Gender, Time Out, 2004
“Incisive and insightful work… that rips up our notions of gender and asks us to start again”
DIVA Magazine, 2004
AUDIENCE REACTIONS
“Abusive relationships and experiences were internalised and perpetuated through interconnected
selves, like a psychological struggle between ‘good and evil’, ‘right and wrong’”
Greg Foster
“Intense, hard-hitting, mesmerising physicality in a dark an intriguing journey through the
subconscious”
Anon
“The first time and only time I have been moved to tears by such melodious intense words that hit
me somewhere beyond my core”
L. Bailey
“Psychologically beautiful, insightfully haunting poetry with enchanting but violent imagery”
Anon
QUOTES ABOUT JOEY
"Joey Hateley is a very talented performer...the most willing I have ever met to put their body on the
line"
Peggy Shaw, Split Britches
"The Gender Joker is a shooting star! Style, talent and panache combine to educate and entertain."
Del LaGrace Volcano
"Joey Hateley could be the next Jean Genet"
Vaginal Davis, homo-core punk, L.A
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diRTy
Private sharing, Contact Theatre, Manchester, Jan 30th, 2013.
"Joey Hateley is a highly skilled performer. An androgynous appearance adds magic to ‘herms’
performances in which transformations unfold layer upon layer of gender constructions. Is he a he?
Is she a he? Is he a she? Is she a she? Joey interferes with our assumptions and speculations, leaving
the audience unsettled, entertained and curious."
Diane Torr, (2010) co-author Sex, Drag and Male Roles; Investigating Gender as Performance.
University of Michigan Press).
“Continuing to press the personal into political service using performance as a consciousness raising
tool, Hateley mixes the factual with the fictional in making explicit the impact of discourse on the
bodies, lives and identities we inhabit”.
Deirdre Heddon (2008) Autobiography and Performance, Joey Hateley, ‘The Endurance of the
Personal’. Palgrave MacMillan, Hampshire & New York.
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