

Sat 06 Dec
|Park Avenue Armory Theater
Factory International: The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
Fantasy meets liberation in this queer retelling of world history from Philip Venables and Ted Huffman. Rianna Henriques has been cast as Flautist and Ensemble in this mythical world of fables, involving singing, movement, acting and more.
Time & Location
06 Dec 2025, 20:00 – 21:40
Park Avenue Armory Theater, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
About the event
“It’s been a long time since the last revolutions and the faggots and their friends are still not free.” Published in 1977, this passage from Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta's The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions sets the scene for a radically reimagined history of the world told through a queer lens where fantasy meets liberation. Having become unavailable and reissued on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots because of its enduring relevance, this cult book of fables and myths serves as the starting point for a new music theatre adaptation from the creative minds of composer Philip Venables and director Ted Huffman.
Together they conjure up a world that takes the original text on a kaleidoscopic journey that ignores boundaries just like the characters on stage do, drawing on theatre, dance, and song from the Baroque to Broadway and beyond. The performers serve as actors, storytellers, and musicians all rolled into one, continually swapping roles while doing away with gender and genre norms and replacing them with unapologetic individuality and a lust for life. Their deeply personal stories prove both comforting and healing when shared through community in a colourful, madcap, and profound patchwork. The resulting cabaret-like spectacle is both vulnerable and daring, a fantastic parable hiding a political manifesto for survival that gives voice to the marginalised and oppressed everywhere.
The Team:
Producer: Factory International
Music: Philip Venables
Direction and Text: Ted Huffman
Music Direction: Yshani Perinpanayagam
Choreography & Costume Design: Theo Clinkard
Set Design: Rosie Elnile
Lighting Design: Bertrand Couderc
Sound Design: Simon Hendry
Dramaturgy: Scottee
Tickets can be purchased, HERE!