Cachín Cachán Cachunga!
A Queer & Trans Night of Dance, Film, Poetry & Music
Tuesday, 22nd June – 7:30pm
The Street, 2 Picardy Place, Edinburgh
Only £3/£2!
Featuring
Ioana Poprowka, Chris Young, Alison Smith,
Zorras and Lily
www.blissfultimes.ca/cachin.htm
Bios – Guests
Ioana Poprowka is a pseudonymous trans woman whose new zine,
The Collected Scathings of Ioana Poprowka, takes on transgender representations in the media as well as relaying her personal experiences. Her hobbies include bottling up her rage, playing the pronoun game and baking. She uses a nom de plume because she became tired of the predictable questions regarding her crotch, but occasionally blurts out her little secret when drunk in order to rejoice in the discomfort of others.Her work will be read by Edinburgh zinester, Nine, and can be purchased at
http://www.jinxremoving.org/.
Alison Smith is a storyteller, performance poet, workshop leader and founder of
Pesky People. Her day job is as an arts consultant specialising in Disability Arts delivery and practice, training and mentorship.
London-born and Glasgow-based,
Chris Young writes and performs in a variety of styles and genres - poetry, puppetry, song and improv, to name but a few. This February sees the 20th anniversary of his coming out - to Eamonn Holmes live on air. Since then, his limericks have made even Anne Robinson chuckle as part of his quest to become a TV quiz whore. In his spare time, he is a murder suspect and parliamentary candidate.
Zorras - poetry-music weirdness fusion.
with megaphones.
www.blissfultimes.ca/zorras.htm
Lily, “The Pearl of Havana”, is a professional dancer, performer and dance instructor. With 22 years of training and performance, she can teach you any Cuban dance style, with a unique flavour of her own. Lily’s knowledge of ballet, contemporary and Afro-Cuban dance contribute to a beautifully integrated performance.
