Ringing out the changes

A dear friend asked me how I was feeling about my bell show at St Mary's Cathedral.

I surprised myself by saying I was proud of it. This surprised me because in the past I never used to feel particularly proud of my work, even when it was far more successful.

I found myself feeling embarrassed about the fact that it was different from everyone else's.

It was different and it's always been different because it's a work of a trans woman .

And because for so many years I was embarrassed about being trans. I was also embarrassed about my work.

But I can see now that it's difference, it's trans-ness, is exactly what's important about it.

That's why it matters: because we need to find new ways of being men and we need to find new ways of being women.

And that's what I embody in my life and that's what I embody in this performance as I invite the audiences to welcome the changes:

The changes that have happened because of feminism the changes that have happened because of trans visibility and the changes that need to happen in our economic and our social and political stretches.

And I'm doing all that in a way that allows the Cathedral's bellringers to display the astonishing skills and make the most beautiful sounds.

I do it in a way that audiences phoned informative and entertaining and moving. And all that is something to be very proud of.

The last performances tomorrow, Thursday the 28th, at 2:30. Tickets are £10 and £7. No need to book in advance. Just pay at the door.

It'll be lovely to see you there.