British choreographer Gary Clarke brings to the stage a camp and courageous new one woman show. Cameo Cookie is the story of Anita Bryant, the honey-voiced American singer and hard-boiled beauty queen who campaigned in the 1970’s to crush the gay rights movement and in her words, ‘to do away with the homosexuals’.
A scintillating mix of movement and gesture, music, spoken word, props, gimmicks and a splash of irony, Cameo Cookie is a series of strikingly visual vignettes of a woman who led a homophobic crusade and yet ended up as the name of a popular cocktail in gay bars all over America.
“Cameo Cookie offered visual stimulation and plenty of vim and vigour”
Credits
Choreography: Gary Clarke
Performer: Eleanor Perry
Music Design: Daniel Thomas
Design: Gary Clarke
Duration: 25 minutes
Cameo Cookie has been performed at: The Pink Fringe / Brighton Gay Pride, Touchwood, Live Bites, The Place as part of Spring Loaded, DEDA, LPAC, Doncaster Hothouse Festival, The Lamproom Theatre and Homotopia.
Cameo Cookie was co-produced by The Pink Fringe, The Place, Yorkshire Dance Centre, and Barnsley Theatre Trust Ltd with additional support from Arts Council England, Yorkshire through a Grants for the Arts Award.