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218:. This show focuses on audience participation regarding an incident in 2016 where a person threw a burger at them while walking across a bridge in London. The show ran its first UK Tour from October 19 to November 17 in 2018. It has toured globally since, with Alabanza or other performers in the lead role.
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362:. Alabanza was told to use the men's dressing room. They left the store and filed a complaint through social media. Alabanza accused Topshop of going against their policy to allow trans individuals to use the dressing rooms associated with their preferred gender.
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242:, written by Alabanza, directed by Debbie Hannan, and starring Reece Lyons, was produced by the Bush Theatre in London in 2020 and 2021. The play "explores trans safety and is set in a public toilet".
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