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Bird la Bird - Résumé

Here's a summary of past Birdie eggploits.

Solo performances

  • Birdie Slipware at Deception, Character developed for the Deception exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (aka The People's Queer Nick Nack Emporium aka the V&A) with a talk by Dr Ruth Holliday and Tracy Potts, 2014
  • Birdie Tipton introduces The Birds, Performative film introduction for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Anxiety Arts, 2014
  • Opus, Copyright Christmas, Duckie Barbican Theatre, 2011
  • People's Pussy, Duckie, RVT, 2011
  • Cockney Venus - Femuseum, Trashing Performance, Toynbee Hall, 2011
  • There's an Elephant in the Room, Bird Club, BGWMC, 2009
  • Rank, The Sly Fox, Sydney, 2009
  • Holding Court - A period drama Bird Club, BGWMC, 2009
  • Up Your Art with the Society for Cutting up Couples Bird Club, BGWMC, 2009
  • You'll feel the Back of My Hand in a Minute Bird Club, BGWMC, 2009
  • High Femme Mass, Bird Club, BGWMC, 2009

Group pieces

  • Kitschen Sink Drama with Cherub, Smithsfest ICA, 2013
  • Inspiration World with Alex Bulmer and Liz Carr, Duckie, 2012
  • The Daughter, Best of British - Duckie, Royal Festival Hall, 2011
  • The Fabric of Butch Femme, Gross Indecency - Duckie, Camdem Ballroom, 2010
  • Femme Police, Gay Shame goes Girly - Duckie, Brixton Academy, 2009
  • Cnuts Allowed, Bird Club, 2009

Performative talks

  • Bird la Bird queers the V & A (Read the Diva review) as part of LGBT history month, 2014
  • Queer Perspectives with artist Sadie Lee at the NPG, 2013
  • Queer Walking in the City of London with Rod Chenko (Z. Buser), 2013
  • Presenting Pomp at the NPG, 2012

Artist's talks and lectures

  • Lesbian Lives conference, Brighton
  • Centre for Interdisplinary Gender Studies, Leeds University
  • Feminist Geneologies with Lisa Marie Blackman, Goldsmiths
  • San Francisco Art Institute
  • Trashing Performance symposium with Lisa Marie Blackman
  • Queer Comedy, Goldsmiths
  • Artist's talk Goldsmiths
  • Round table on Femme LLGFF
  • Kleinkunst, Central School of Speech and Drama

Appearances

Here's a few events and parties I've performed at or organisations I've performed for:

  • Hamburger Queen
  • Traumfrau
  • That's So Gay
  • Camden LGBT forum
  • Liberty Festival
  • Leeds University Student's Union
  • Derry Pride
  • Brand
  • Mother's Ruin, Manchester
  • Mother Foucault
  • Eat Your Heart Out
  • WANC cafe
  • Wotever
  • Rebel Cupcake
  • Femmecon 2012
  • Mutiny
  • Gendered Intelligence

Bird Club on a wing

Bird Club has been hosted by Shout Festival Birmingham, 2010 and the Femme Guild, Sydney, 2009.

Film

Bird appears in Fem by Campbell X.

Print

Queer Episodes, April 2013.

Bird Club are on the cover and inside Femmes of Power by Ulrika Dahl and Del LaGrace Volcano.

Bird song

In 2007 I recorded a few songs with the talented Mike Wyeld and Chopin Gard. Sadly for me and anyone listening I can't sing so I've wound down my musical career. Every now and again though I do drag my vocal cat out.

  • Supertaster
  • Homicide
  • Do You Know What Type of Club This Is?

Bird Club Cabaret duo

Maria Rosa Young and I formed Bird Club in 2006. We only performed together a few times but it was enough for feathers to fly.

  • The Rules of Bird Club, Transfabulous Arts Festival, 2006
  • Christmas Bird Club, Wotever, 2006
  • Birds on Film, LLGFF, 2007

Pride

  • Bird Pride, 2007
  • Trans at Pride, 2008