Burgers: A Review

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Alabanza retweeted these reviews:

BURGERZ by @travisalabanza was an absolutely phenomenal piece of work. So intricately written with such an important message, perfectly woven into a performance that felt both fierce and tender - all whilst deeply rooted in authenticity. Oh and the direction? Sublime 👌🏾

I saw the matinee of #Burgerz by @travisalabanza yesterday and it feels so special to have been there. Part emotional release, part humorous romp, part ritual - retelling and reclaiming of trauma - it was flawlessly managed and controlled. Hats off! Such strength and beauty 💜

Alabanza didn't retweet this one:

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Which is a shame as it appears to be very accurate (and entertaining) Enjoy

Men shouted "fishnet tights" at me when I was wearing some fishnet tights.

And "plug it in" and "TV" when I was carrying a TV up the street.

Plus lots of less blindingly obvious ones. I've had "whore" or variations shouted at me in many different languages, as I'm sure a large number of women on this thread have had.

Can I star in my own show called Pop? It'll be about the hours we were pissed off about this. And the hours out took our clothes to dry. And the flashbacks we both get when crossing the road.

YY. Second the crowdfund. I'll donate. As I'm sure would Travis.

To be fair, many festivals contain shows which are wankery to the point of the audience sitting there going.... seriously? Is he pissed? While reviewers go dewy eyed over the edginess and other such wanky phrases of it all.

Try looking up this year's show about the guy whose research for his show was crossing Europe dressed as a hobbit. That's two hours of my life I'm never getting back.

To be fair, many festivals contain shows which are wankery to the point of the audience sitting there going.... seriously? Is he pissed? While reviewers go dewy eyed over the edginess and other such wanky phrases of it all.

I know, it reminds me of my Theatre Studies A level when we had to critically assess theatre and film reviews!

Try looking up this year's show about the guy whose research for his show was crossing Europe dressed as a hobbit.

That sounds so much more fun than Travis's show though. Second breakfasts! Hairy feet! Magical rings! Instead of a kitchen island he doesn't know how to use and random audience members being shouted at.

Try looking up this year's show about the guy whose research for his show was crossing Europe dressed as a hobbit. That's two hours of my life I'm never getting back.

😮😁

That sounds so much more fun than Travis's show though. Second breakfasts! Hairy feet! Magical rings!

Yeah you'd think, wouldn't you?

No. Two audience members summoned up on stage and put in life jackets for no apparent reason for about 40 minutes - that was somehow supposed to be hilarious. Wasn't. Frequent comments to the stage manager about had he done that bit yet or not. Honestly hard to tell if it was supposed to be a joke or if he honestly had no clue. A lot of pictures of him with big feet and a waistcoat wandering around and hitchhiking in Europe. That was kind of as far as that bit went. A hoover thing was involved. Not really sure why. He moved that around sometimes. The most telling bit was when he got a bit depressed in Croatia and his dad dropped everything and rushed out to join him. Which is absolutely what you do with your 30 something son when he's hitchhiking vaguely around dressed as a hobbit for weeks on end.

Wow Knicknack!

Performance art is an abomination unto Nuggan.

This thread makes me laugh so much. When we do a top ten countdown of the hilarity amongst the lunacy of 2018, outs definitely going to be there.
Alongside the panto that was NUS trans conference etc

I don't condone chucking stuff at people, having been on the receiving end of it myself a couple of times. However, I can quite see how burger flinging might happen to Travis.

I've seen Travis in the flesh. Travis is a massive exhibitionist. He/she/they about wrecked a very nice lunch I was having up the Oxo tower (snorfle) by flinging his/her/themself about the room hollering and capering in a purple suit, emerald cape and shoes. And Travis is not a dainty person. Travis reads as camp male. I suspect the burger wanging was a homophobic burger based incident as, from what I've seen, Travis doesn't read as trans in the slightest.

I've had stones, eggs, drinks chucked at me.
Also been spat at.
And been punched in the face by some random at the bus stop.

Travis doesn't know how good zhee's got it. Burgers are soft"

Actually eggs fucking hurt if they are thrown hard, that's one thing I've learnt!

He/she/they about wrecked a very nice lunch I was having up the Oxo tower (snorfle) by flinging his/her/themself about the room hollering and capering in a purple suit, emerald cape and shoes. And Travis is not a dainty person.

Sometimes I wonder if being the specific type of genderspecial that Travis, Alok, etc are correlates with colourblindness.

But I thought that all of the whole kerfuffle was about shy quiet timid people quietly going about their business in a barely noticable way?

(HAHAHAHAHHA)

Travis should NOT be gettign changing in topshop changing rooms where curtains are flimsy and girls at a particularly tricky stage of life are getting their kit off.

Eggs are really hard.
Someone chucked one at my mum in law (because why wouldn't you throw things at elderly women who are cheeky enough to walk the streets at night), and it really bruised her.
I could understand why John Prescott did that left hook.

Spits grim. That's happened to me too. Shudder

God Travis makes me laugh though. The oxo tower lunch story

Yes! Hurt like a fucker when you're walloped with an egg.

Travis is a classic attention seeker, the best thing to do entirely is ignore them. What would Travis have done if no-one in the oxo tower had batted an eveylid? Escalated in a desparate attempt to get all eyes on them obviously, can be quite funny

When I was very thin and had pink hair someone shouted 'Swan Vesta' grin

🤣🤣🤣

When I was a teenager I inadvertently annoyed a bloke by confidently disagreeing with one of his opinions, so he picked me up bodily and threw me into the sea

Nobody has considered the feelings of the burger in all this

The restaurant in the Oxo tower's not cheap, yeah?

Travis had an entourage, including a photographer. I wonder who picked up the bill?

When we left, and were walking back towards waterloo, we saw Travis again, posing for photos balanced on a skip. I’d had a few and my pelvic floor nearly wasn’t up that that sight

Burgers smell of B.O.

From the reviews that Travis posted I'd expected it to be articulate, original, moving and politically astute.

Seems like it was actually a stinky pile of 3rd rate wankery.

This is the guy that kicked up a big hoohah about not being allowed in Top Shop women's changing rooms I think.

Which I think offers quite the insight into his empathy about the trauma of others.

I have had significantly worse things happen to me then a burger being thrown at me. Because I am a woman and for no other reason.