DISH! An All-Ages Queer Variety Show is this Sunday March 14, 2010 and supports the film project ‘heart breaks open’ and Lifelong AIDS Alliance with drag kings and queens, burlesque performers, musicians, comedians and spoken word artists.
Audiences will be graced with performances by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Belinda Carroll, Miss Cherry Tart, David Coppafeel, Angel Itenchi, Ilvs Strauss, EmpeROAR Fabulous and many more.
‘heart breaks open’ is a multi-platform project that will be used to entertain, educate and support. The cornerstone of the project is a feature film about Jesus, who finds his voice after being diagnosed as HIV+. Weaving tales of public health and community accountability, ‘heart breaks open‘ features the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and a cast of local queer actors. It is being filmed like a documentary. Actors improv scenes in real places while cameras (operated by award-winning documentary filmmakers) follow the action using a cinema verité style.
‘heart breaks open’ is also a book. In partnership with and to benefit the Gay City Health Project, we’re interviewing a diverse array of people about coming to terms with being HIV+, navigating relationships and the medical system, who to tell and all of the changes that come with becoming positive. The book will be used to help others who are newly diagnosed as HIV+.
DiSH! will be filmed in its’ entirety as part of the film. Artists, performers and some of the audience may also appear in the final version of ‘heart breaks open.’
Tickets for DISH! are on a sliding scale for $10 to $20 and can be purchased online or at the door. More info about DISH is avaiable here.
