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Reclaiming Harry is a new Edinburgh Fringe show for all the Potterheads who
are done with JK Rowling.
The musical follows two characters, Harry Potter (obviously) and Ally, a
disillusioned Harry Potter fan. They are both looking for purpose after
disowning their former hero, author JK Rowling, and soon find themselves flung
into several famous fictional worlds from
Narnia to
Twilight’s Forks High
School.
Ally is played by Evie James, a cis woman wanting to show what it means to be
an ally to the transgender community by calling out Rowling for her anti-trans
rhetoric.
“Being a straight cis-gendered woman, I’m not speaking on behalf of trans
women,” James told PinkNews, “but I’m speaking as a woman who I think should be
doing the best that she can to be a proper ally. And to call out JK Rowling and
say: ‘No, you have this view, and it’s wrong. It’s completely wrong.'”
The show creator Rich Watkins added: “As a theatre professional, I wanted to be
an ally to the trans community in this whole debate.
“We’re not speaking on behalf of trans people, but we are hopefully expressing
our allyship in the most warm way that we can.”
Watkins emphasised the collaborative nature of the script, with trans artists,
writers and performers coming on board to give feedback throughout the process,
such as performer Jessica Rowbottom."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
