The TransMission, Nelly Kelly

Nelly A satirical performance piece that playfully interrogates what happens to the public perception of trans people when that perception is more often than not entirely created by the media rather than trans people themselves. Devised and performed by Nelly Kelly, a disabled, trans-butch playwright and performer.

The TransMission sees Nelly position themself as the leader of the ‘trans cult’ famed by the media, staging an intervention to clean up the cult’s image and recruit new members in it’s first ever doors-open day for cis people. Through an absolutely chaotic theatrical display of male impersonation, comedy, weird sound and even weirder dance, Nelly takes us on a strange journey into questioning what happens when we all just came together in authenticity as the messy humans we are, trans and cis alike.

Developed from an initial Research and Development with Afton Moran.

The TransMission is an Unlimited UK Open Award 2024 commission made possible thanks to funding from Creative Scotland.