The Strange Case of Dr Dillon - Brighton Fringe Festival

Brighton and Hove

Type:Theatre

The Lantern Theatre, 77 St James's Street, Brighton, BN2 1PA

Tel: 01273 818266

The Strange Case of Dr Dillon - Brighton Fringe Festival

About

From 1915 to 1940, Michael Dillon struggled against a world that insisted he was a girl. The only way he could live a full life was to invent gender affirming care for trans men. Body aligned, he began work on his soul. Heart-break, world travel, and life as a Buddhist monk followed.

Today, trans identities are openly mocked in British parliament, and gender affirming healthcare increasingly difficult to access. Far from “new and experimental”, hormone and surgical treatments developed by and for Dillon, in partnership with an emerging plastic surgeon, are established best practices for the global medical community.

Follow Michael’s journey from his childhood in Folkestone, through his medical training and transition, to the Merchant Navy and Buddhist monasteries in India and Ladakh. Described by biographer Pagan Kennedy as “The First Man-made Man”, Dillon’s extraordinary life comes to the stage for the first time, with an all-trans cast.

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The Strange Case of Dr Dillon - Brighton Fringe Festival (30 May 2024)
DayTimes
Thursday19:00 - 20:00

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