Mitchell and Trask's Hedwig and the Angry Inch

<p>'… love creates something that was not there before.' – Hedwig</p><p><strong>John Cameron Mitchell</strong> and <strong>Stephen Trask</strong>’s <i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</i> opened on Valentine’s Day1998 in New York City and ever since it and its genderqueer heroine have captivated audiences around the world. As the first musical to feature a genderqueer protagonist as its lead the show has had an extraordinary life on film Broadway and in the music field. A glam rock musical with a complex relationship to issues related to art eroticism and matters of identity formation <i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</i> is a darkly exuberant fairy tale about a child that discovers she is one of a kind but also potentially among her own kind if she dares travel past borders that confine and try to stabilise her being and identity. </p><p>Caridad Svich examines this exhilarating work through the lenses of visual and vocal rock ’n’ roll performance the history of the American musical and its positioning within LGBTIQ+ theatre.</p>