A trans cooking show with a recipe for reclamation.
After transphobic slurs—and a hamburger—are thrown at theatre artist Travis Alabanza, a newfound passion is ignited. They became obsessed with hamburgers: How they are made. How they feel and smell. How they travel through the air. How the mayonnaise feels on your skin.
Part cooking show, part exploration of an obsession, part reclaiming of an act of violence—Burgerz is like nothing you’ve seen before (and different every single performance). Carving out a place for themselves as one of the UK’s prominent trans voices, Alabanza presents a performance that is powerful, hilarious, unsettling, and timely.
Info
Venue
Emerson Paramount Center
Jackie Liebergott Black Box
559 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111
Dates
Apr 13, 2022 - Apr 24, 2022
Please Note:
Proof of vaccination or a negative test is required for entry
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70 minutes, no intermission
$60
Ages 14+
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Content Warning
We understand that certain types of content could trigger past traumatic experiences for some viewers. Please be aware that this production contains scenes discussing violence and harassment towards trans people and issues sensitive to the LGBTQ+ community. Real meat, haze, and loud music is used in the performance.
“[Burgerz] will leave you with sore cheeks from laughing, a warmth in your heart from this shared experience, a heavy dose of outrage (if you are paying attention), and several questions wedged in your brain.”
— City Living Boston
“[Alabanza] has an arresting stage presence, a knack for improvisation, and a quick wit, and deploys them all.”
— The Boston Globe
“A piece of (brilliant) theatre… Alabanza is an incredibly talented artist storyteller and teacher.”
— City Living Boston
“VERY FUNNY. Alabanza [feeds] off the audience like a seasoned cabaret star. ✮✮✮✮”
— The Guardian
“Alabanza takes an act of violence and transforms it into something both beautiful and brutal”
— Lyn Gardner, Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
“An emotional rollercoaster”
— BBC Newsbeat
“Personal theatre at its most raw”
— A Younger Theatre
April 13, 2022
Travis Alabanza in Conversation with Ezra Furman
Travis Alabanza is an award-winning theater maker, writer and performer. Their show Burgerz has toured internationally to Sao Paulo, Southbank Centre, Bristol Old Vic, Smock Alley Dublin, HAU Berlin and...
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Let’s Talk About Burgerz
Part cooking show, part exploration of an obsession, part reclaiming of an act of violence—Burgerz is like nothing you’ve seen before. Join the conversation and let us know what you...
Read More“If you can see Burgerz at ArtsEmerson with Travis Alabanza, do it. It challenged my notions of gender and self, in a moving, funny, tender show. bravo.”
— @mauradeedy
“Travis demonstrates what the wisest amongst us have always conveyed — that through the devotion of one’s attention to a single, ordinary object, one can access the exquisite interconnectedness of everything, and the inherent metaphor of everyday life.
Oh yeah…and you will leave having had a visceral exposure to what nonbinary living is like in a way you will never unknow.”
— @JuliaPapps
“Humor, rage, hurt, gender, and one hell of a metaphor. Brilliant.”
— @thewritestuffsk
“Really good…as risky as a tightrope and tender as a soft white hamburger bun.”
— @citylivingboston