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SUMMARY:Ray Filar Choke
LOCATION:Juno Books
DESCRIPTION:We are very excited that theatre maker and writer Ray Filar is 
 coming to Juno Books to talk to us about Choke: a dyke hooker revenge fant
 asy novella\, in which two sex workers fall in love and go on a ruthless m
 urder spree.When Leila meets Silvia during a booking with Silvia's longtim
 e client\, the infatuation is instant. Silvia is older\, glamorous\, charm
 ing\, and has been working for a lot longer than Leila\, who is still new 
 to sex work. Later that evening the two run into each other at a hotel bar
 \, and after a messy night of drugs and sex\, begin a romantic relationshi
 p that takes a turn when they start murdering clients together.Traversing 
 the spaces of queer East London and the corporate city\, Choke is a propul
 sive and sexy revenge fantasy mash up of black comedy\, psychological (un)
 realism and literary essay that bends tropes and explores the essence of f
 antasy\, from BDSM and kink to wealth and class to bodies and transness. A
  wild\, fun\, smart\, and pulpy novella that transforms literary tradition
 s and elevates queer writing.Ray Filar is a writer\, theatre-maker and liv
 e artist based in London. They write fiction\, plays\, and creative non-fi
 ction about work\, sex\, drugs and violence. Choke is their first novella.
  Their writing has appeared in We Want It All: An Anthology of Trans Poeti
 cs (Nightboat Books\, 2020)\, The Guardian\, Verso Online\, the New Humani
 st\, openDemocracy and Tummyache Magazine. They hosted the left-wing femin
 ist podcast Killjoy FM on Resonance FM (2016-2017)\, and edited the politi
 cal essay collection Resist. Against a Precarious Future (Lawrence & Wisha
 rt\, 2015). They were co-creative director of Homos and Houmous\, a queer
 \, Jewish\, anti-Zionist theatre company. They have created work for stage
 s including the Royal Court Theatre\, Tate Britain and Modern\, Glastonbur
 y Festival\, and The Yard Theatre\, and starred as ‘The Daughter’ in B
 ruce LaBruce’s feature film The Visitor. Ray will be in conversation wit
 h our very own Jake Hall. Jake Hall is a freelance journalist\, public spe
 aker\, and the author of two books: The Art of Drag\, published by NoBrow 
 Press in 2020\, and Shoulder to Shoulder\, published by Trapeze in 2024\, 
 and shortlisted for the 2025 Bread and Roses Prize. Jake has written exten
 sively on queer culture\, drag history and pop culture\, and they’re als
 o a qualified youth worker with experience working with marginalised young
  people. They live in Sheffield with their partner and their charismatic c
 at\, Big Liz.\n\nBoletos: https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40003/ray-filar-c
 hoke
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