Lauren Semple is opening up and sharing their story of the merge between their love of performance art and their queer identity in a show coming to the OV Art Centre.
Created by Semple, Unboxing Bravery explores gender and transgender allyship through the art form of drag. Semple who performs as a drag king under the name Andi Rogynous, wanted to share statistics and education on gender and the transgender experience while sharing their own experience of finding themselves.
CHLY met with Semple before the opening of the show to learn more about it and hear why sharing their experience is so important
Unboxing Bravery will be shown at OV Arts Centre in downtown Nanaimo from November 15 to 17 and November 21 to 23. Tickets can be purchased at the Western Edge Theatre website.
