Celebration of queer activism available to stream for LGBT History Month 2022

Alexis Gregory’s critically acclaimed production Riot Act returns in 2022 to celebrate LGBT History Month, running online via stream.theatre from 1-28 February.

Direct from the West End and touring the UK, this online ‘reimagining’ has been created using interviews with a Stonewall survivor, a radical drag artist, and an AIDS activist. This audience favourite solo show is filmed at the Hackney Empire.

The production is formed word-for-word from playwright and performer Gregory’s interviews with three key players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement: Michael-Anthony Nozzi, a survivor of the Stonewall riots; Lavinia Co-op, an alternative ‘70s drag artist; and Paul Burston, a  ‘90s AIDS activist. Gregory’s verbatim solo show Riot Act is a breath-taking, hard-hitting, yet  hilarious wild white-knuckle ride through six decades of queer history, directed by Stonewall (1995) writer Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, taking the viewer right up to the present day.  

Following a gala West End performance at the Duchess Theatre, runs at the Arcola Theatre and  King’s Head Theatre and three tours, Riot Act will be available to stream globally to mark LGBT History Month 2022. This beautiful online version is filmed at the  iconic Hackney Empire, blending the mediums of theatre and film. A celebration of queer  activism across the decades; pulling no punches, hilarious, moving and inspiring… It’s a riot.

Acclaimed theatre legend Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE returns to direct Riot Act.

Alexis Gregory said: “It has been an honour to perform these three  extraordinary, hidden, queer stories, all over the UK since Riot Act’s premiere in 2018. Since  2018, there has also been talk of filming Riot Act, and so, finally, to mark LGBT History Month  2022, here is that special filmed version of the show. With the pandemic redefining what online  theatre can be, this digital reimagining of the show for the screen sits somewhere between  theatre and film. Streamed globally via stream.theatre, partnered with and filmed in the  stunning Hackney Empire, funded by Arts Council England, and once again directed by Rikki  Beadle-Blair, with an amazing creative team attached, now, wherever in the world you are, Riot  Act is available to you, and everyone can ‘meet’ Michael, Lavinia and Paul, who so generously  and bravely shared their stories with me.”

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