JOHN WATERS * DIVINE * WOMEN IN REVOLT * WIGS

It's about time Newcastle had its own Wigstock, a big camp bad taste bash inspired by John Waters, the B52s and the Bride of Frankenstein.

Thankfully, those debauched harlots at Sounds of Seduction have invented Divine Trash, a celebration of cheap wigs, music and make up.

Not only will we be crowning MISS ALTERNATIVE NEWCASTLE, we'll be premiering DIVINE TRASH, a documentary that explores the early career of filmmaker John Waters, and his relationship with Divine.

The evening will also feature Britain's only transgender punk band, Women in Revolt.

DJs THE MARK OF KANE and THE VILE MISS PEARS will provide bubblegum punk and garage rock and they promise to blow your wig off, especially as ENTRY IS FREE to trashy types who arrive in a wig before 9.00pm!

DIVINE TRASH (1998)

A documentary profile of filmmaker John Waters, Divine Trash focuses on the bad-taste pioneer's early years, especially his 1972 breakthrough Pink Flamingos, which turned the director of Mondo Trasho and Multiple Maniacs into the king of midnight movies. 

Interviews with filmmakers who both influenced Waters (Paul Morrissey, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Mike Kuchar, George Kuchar) and were influenced by him (Steve Buscemi, Jim Jarmusch, David O. Russell, Hal Hartley) are interspersed with copious behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Pink Flamingos, including the infamous doggy-doo scene.

Through it all, the witty Waters provides commentary, recollections, and one-line quips. Pete Garey, owner of the film lab where Waters learned the technical side of moviemaking, recalls his first meetings with the youthful auteur. Mink Stole and other Dreamland Studios superstars reminisce about growing up in suburban Baltimore with Waters, who as a youngster loved car crashes, puppets, and clowns. The director's strait-laced parents reminisce about the financial support they provided for Pink Flamingos, which they have never seen. Neither has Frances Milstead, who looks back on the career of her late son, drag terrorist and Waters muse Divine. Divine and late "egg lady" Edith Massey crop up in various archival interviews and film clips.

Divine Trash won the Filmmakers Trophy for Best Documentary at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Director Steve Yeager, a longtime friend of Waters, would go on to direct In Bad Taste: The John Waters Story and help Milstead write a book about her son.

TRAILER: http://www.videodetective.com/movies/trailers/divine-trash-trailer/360481

WOMEN IN REVOLT

Described by BBC Radio 6 as "the Velvet Underground remained by the Kuchar Brothers", Women in Revolt are raw, untutored garage rock from four drag queens (three born female) and a king.

Influenced by Jane Solanas, Johnny Thunders and Patti Smith, they play songs born of the Chelsea Hotel, Berlin and Soho. Fluent in Polari, they are the bastard daughters of Jayne County and Richard Hell, and collect cheap wigs, make-up and guitars.

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