Split Britches
April 25th, 2008 Sassafras <div class=\"postavatar\">
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Last week we were fortunate enough to see the performance group Split Britches perform at Dixion Place. Split britches (for those of you who don’t know) have been around since 1980 and together Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver literally took my breath away. They challenge gender, explore butch/femme culture and completely blew my mind.
Having a partner who is not only a performer, but also a theatre reviewer, and performance studies academic means that I see quite a lot of theatre, but without a doubt I can say this was the most incredible show that I have ever seen. I’m sure by now you are wondering what this has to do with femmeness, and why I’m spending all this time talking about it, when normally by this point I’ve launched into a discussion of femme gender presentation, or queering femininity etc.
