Nando Messias with Shoot the Sissy. Photo credit: Holly Revell
After the success of his national tour, Nando Messias follows The Sissy’s Progress with Shoot the Sissy, a queer menagerie of carnivalesque contortion and florid fantasy. Here, writing for Run Riot, Messias examines the catalysts behind his incredible performance and his motives for bringing Shoot the Sissy to the stage.
I started
The naked male body might not make an appearance in the end. In its place, I have tried to display my physical and psychic vulnerability in ways that feel more poignant to me. Given the dark tones of the performance (death, shooting, the underworld), I feel the message is one of transformation and, therefore, ultimately hope.
Running across the 18th and 19th of October, Nando Messias and And What? Queer Arts Festival present Shoot the Sissy. For tickets and more information, click here. Nando Messias’ website can be found here and you can tweet him at @NancyMessias. More information on the And What? Queer Arts Festival can be found here and you can follow the festival on twitter at @andwhatfest.