thisispopbaby presentsA WOMAN IN PROGRESS
BY PANTI BLISS
TOWERING PLASTIQUE WOMAN IN WIGS AND FAKE EYELASHES
TOWERING PLASTIQUE WOMAN IN WIGS AND FAKE EYELASHES
A Woman In Progress marked THISISPOPBABY’s debut at Dublin Theatre Festival in 2009.
1970s Mayo, a boy with a mind of his own yearns for a world he’s not sure even exists. He doesn’t know where or how to start looking but the Pope’s visit to Knock convinces him he has to try.
This was a sharp but poignant stand-up show, where Panti traced her journey from small-town boy kicking against the uptight traditions of rural Ireland, to towering plastique woman in wigs and false lashes, railing against the death of the gay culture that saved her.
Following the massive success of All Dolled Up and In These Shoes? Ireland’s first lady of drag makes her first appearance at Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival with this much anticipated new show.
A Woman In Progress was a Project Arts Centre commission.
“Your first encounter with the phenomenal drag queen Panti is a little like suddenly discovering a new planet in the solar system.”
THE IRISH TIMES“Original and honest…very funny…sharp, tender, raw, revealing.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT“(Panti) is an entirely engrossing and charming presence, at once implacably brazen and unexpectedly vulnerable.”
IRISH THEATRE MAGAZINEWritten and Performed by
Panti Bliss
Directed by
Phillip McMahon
Designed by
Ciaran O’Melia
Dramaturg
Jocelyn Clarke
Stage Manager
Hugh Roche Kelly
ASM
Martin Gaughan
Production Manager
Jakub Sobczak
Visuals
Jack Phelan
Editing & Social Media
Adam Matthews
Graphic Design
Niall Sweeney, Pony Ltd.
Panti’s Theme by
The Dying Seconds
Poster Image
Ronan Healy
Production Photography
Fiona Morgan
CREDITS
PREVIOUS TOUR DATES
24 SEPT-04 OCT 2009
PROJECT ARTS CENTRE, DUBLIN
09-12 DECEMBER 2010
