I Am Going To Build A Chapel In The Woods For Every Dead Queer That History Has Forgotten And I Need Your Help
I am sorry to make another show about dead queers. But this show is about how we remember them, and how we keep on living.’
Amiot has a dead gay grandad. Or at least, he thinks he does. They definitely know he had a fear of large fleshy leaves, but the queer part is more complicated. Now they’re figuring out how to archive a history they barely even have, and how we can build a lineage of queer people that history has forgotten.
‘I am Going to Build a Chapel in the Woods’ is about dead gay grandads, memorials made of twigs, and how we as the queer community mourn and remember. It is a call to action to engage in queer remembrance as a radical act - one that we can play an active role in building and rebuilding.
Amiot is a transmasc performer and theatre-maker. They performed their debut show ‘ANTICHRIST’ at Femfest last year as one of their selected early career artists. ‘I Am Going To Build A Chapel In The Woods’ has been developed through Duckie’s Homosexual Summer School, Wild Rumpus, and The Wellcome Collection’s You Are Here Writing Group.
this event will take place in the Actors upstairs theatre space
Content Warnings: Homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia, suicide,
AIDS/HIV, gunshots, depression/mental health, death,
grief, burial, hanging, handling organic matter (sticks and
twigs), audience participation, drowning, murder
In this performance you will be invited to sit on the floor throughout. If you would prefer to sit on a chair, we have chairs and tables in the latter half of the room. The show also involves a group weaving activity using willow stems, we have disposable plastic gloves available upon request should you want them for this portion. If you are unable to make something in the room but would like to bring along an object to be added to the final chapel then please do! The only request is that it is made of biodegradable materials.