Travis Alabanza discusses BURGERZ with Sam Curtis Lindsay
After someone threw a burger at them and shouted a transphobic slur, performance artist Travis Alabanza became obsessed with burgers. How they are made, how they feel, and smell. How they travel through the air. How the mayonnaise feels on your skin.
The result is the award winning, international hit show BURGERZ. Part cookery show and part stand-up, BURGERZ explores this act of violence and the myriad of forces at play against the black, trans body.
Join Travis in conversation with the show's director Sam Curtis Lindsay to discuss the recipe and seasoning required during the show's making process and how each of their practices combined to create this hilarious and heart-rending show.
Praise for BURGERZ
★★★★ The Stage ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Financial Times ★★★★ The Irish Times
Presented by: Arts Projects Australia, Hackney Showroom and supported by the UK/Australia Season Patrons Board, The British Council and the Australian Government as part of the UK/Australia Season.
Arts Projects Australia – since its establishment in 1997, has produced, presented and toured over 215 international contemporary arts events with a range of festivals, producers and cultural organisations in Hong Kong, Europe, Australia & New Zealand and is the event manager and producer of WOMADelaide and delivers the international program for WOMAD New Zealand, in addition to the management and presentation of Illuminate Adelaide.
Tours have included Ludovico Einaudi, Cie Carabosse Fire Gardens, Komische Oper Belin’s Magic Flute, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Peter Brooks, The Royal Shakespeare’s THE RAPE OF LUCRECE starring Camille O’Sullivan, many more and as well as seasons on the Adelaide Fringe - Cirque Alfonse, THE PIANIST, Circolombia, SOAP, LEO, & Les Arts Sauts