Queereteria (Theatre)
Andy Bell, the man we all know from Erasure, has just released his third solo album called Queereteria, and in conjunction, and is in a new play of the same name at the Above the Stag Theatre.
Both the album and the play has Bell performing as his alter ego Torsten, who is a gender-fluid, semi-immortal who, having loved and lost many men during his unnatural long life, is left haunted by the memories of these men. This is the third album, and first time stage show, where Bell is Torsten. And luckily for us, the show incorporates songs from the album.
The album is structured around four acts, while the show has a first and second act, it’s a bit more experimental and at it’s focus is also another long lifer Lady Domina Bizarre (a wonderful, fun and campy Matthew Baldwin) where both of them, while obviously not really liking each other, trade barbs back and forth while they lament still alive not really knowing anyone around them. It’s a post armageddon television show where Torsten and Lady Domina are the world’s last surviving celebrities.
The album, and show, is also very reflective (perhaps matching Bell’s state of mind) where an older Torsten thinks about leaving his partying years behind (we are all getting old).
