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The Performance Novel/A Novel Performance (Joelle Taylor)

 
 
Shortfatdyke
05:58 / 20.03.02
i went with cholister to the glass bar (a bizarre place in euston station) last night to see joelle taylor, dyke playwrite and performance poet. she read two stories from her whorror performance novel: 'hind legs in high heels' and 'angels with dirty fingernails'. performance novellists are a rare breed: not a play, not a reading, a bit of both and inbetween. lots of genderfucking, spiders, abuse, and gore. she had me laughing and shuddering at the same time, will post details of her next performance so other barbefolk can experience her.
 
 
that
06:38 / 20.03.02
'twas certainly very good...
 
 
that
07:05 / 20.03.02
Ok, more intelligently: Joelle Taylor was funny and endearing on 'stage', and evidently a very talented wordsmith. The performance was absorbing - I particularly liked 'High Heels on Hind Legs'. Very horrific, funny - walking the tightrope of fictional writing with real skill.

Would like to know more about the origins of her stuff though...I mean, what prompts her to write/perform what she does. But then, I am a sucker for biographical musings...

Twas a great night, and I did not go expecting to enjoy it, so I was very surprised. I would highly recommend going to see her...
 
  
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