Burgerz: A review
Burgerz How do you picture your burger? A juicy thick slab of beef? Sandwiched between two buns? Perhaps it will be served in a neat cardboard box for leisurely consumption elsewhere. Perhaps it will not be consumed at all, but thrown. This is what Travis Alabanza experienced on Waterloo bridge in broad daylight in April, 2016. A burger aimed and landed. A trans slur hurled and heard. Nothing was done and a mark was made. The burger is ubiquitous, much loved and universal. It is also the site of violence as trans artist Alabanza explores in a seventy minute piece of theatre designed to implicate each and every audience member. That we as individuals must ‘step up’ is the unavoidable message at an unwritten and contingent conclusion. The burger serves as a deliciously emotive storytelling device. Made right in front of our eyes, we watch its journey from little parts to a recognisable ‘whole’. Part comic cookery show, part memoir but always making sure that we, the audience, do