What she had to go through has been very tough. One of the greatest activists is an African-American woman who is on Orange Is the New Black, Laverne Cox. She’s very slow on getting onto gay marriage - but still, a lot of people in America can now talk about it because it’s further out there in the public domain, so that has to be a good thing. Like Caitlyn Jenner. Now, her politics are not so good. But fame can also help some young kid, because he can say, “I am like that person there.” As a positive role model, that’s where I see fame helping. But then again, I am quite well known in America, but I can find you a lot of places where they wouldn’t know me and I am just some transgender guy going into the loo or shops. What role do you think fame plays in the acceptance of transgender people?įame does make it easier for me. You write of people possibly being more accepting of you because of your charitable marathons and acting career. It gets rid of so many things in one fell swoop. If you just take out urinals, then everyone can use them. What do you find most difficult about using a women’s restroom today and where do you stand on the gender-neutral bathroom debate? The humiliation period, the initial period, is so tough. Hide about it.” I just thought they were all wrong. It assaults your senses because, back in ‘85, everyone said, “No, no. If you are coming out as transgender or gay or lesbian, it’s such a tough rite of passage and quest. How did coming out years ago help you with other challenges in your career and personal life? The Wall Street Journal said that she "delivers a finely tuned solo rendition" and The New York Times praised her "impressive" accomplishment, while noting that it is "not without hints at the strain of the effort".Leslie Jones, Eddie Izzard, Mae Martin to Host Galas at Just For Laughs Festival
Izzard plays 21 characters in the two-hour Great Expectations and earned strong reviews for its off-Broadway run in December. It's like, 'You're not the top of our list for these roles,' and me saying 'OK, I'll do them all'. "No, it's more like to give me roles to stretch myself theatrically and dramatically. I want to make sure I honour those two female roles especially."Īnd she clarified that the one-woman Great Expectations and Hamlet are not performative endurance tests. It's easier with Hamlet, because Shakespeare allows him to say what he thinks.
Speaking to The Daily Beast at the turn of the year, Izzard said that she felt "ridiculously relaxed" playing the Danish prince, but said that she was digging into the other characters of the tragedy - particularly Gertrude and Ophelia - "to make sure they punch out of the text. It wasn't there but it was intriguing, so I'm going to build up on that."
We did act one and we did it over strip lighting, just came into the rehearsal room. "Open rehearsals, there's a beautiful thing.
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"I have got a Hamlet lined up behind Great Expectations, which we've already done open rehearsals for" Izzard told LBC presenter James O'Brien on his Full Disclosure podcast. It is produced by Izzard's stand-up tour promoters Mick Perrin.
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The comic, who is currently preparing for a run of her acclaimed one-woman version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations at London's Garrick Theatre next month, workshopped an adaptation of Shakespeare's play at several theatres around the UK last year, in a series of open rehearsals in which she once again played all of the characters in the classic text.Īs with Great Expectations, the condensed Hamlet has been adapted by the comedian's older brother Mark and is directed by Doc Martin star Selina Cadell. Eddie Izzard, who recently revealed she will also use the name Suzy Izzard, has confirmed her intention to perform a one-woman version of Hamlet.
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