• Queer East returns to Centre 151 to present You Watched Me Cry and You Left on Sunday 3 May 7pm and The Girl Princes (왕자가 된 소녀들) on Friday 8 May 7pm.

• You Watched Me Cry and You Left
  Sunday 3 May, 7pm
  Calling all crybabies! Tears are most commonly associated with sadness, yet trickle through a wider spectrum of overwhelming feelings. Oscillating between the mundane and the spectacular, salty droplets spill between shame, ecstasy, grief and catharsis, gushing against the floodgates of restraint. Streaming from a neon karaoke room to a flooded cityscape, this weepy programme brings together artist film, sound performance, and stand-up comedy to create a playful, intimate gathering where crybabies can collectively release their inhibitions.

The screening will open with a live sound performance by Yutian Hu (YUNA阿尘) and conclude with a stand-up comedy set by Zhou Ning.

Curated by
Xinyu XuXX (Shuǐ Shào 水哨)

www.queereast.org.uk/programme/you-watched-me-cry-and-you-left/

The Girl Princes (왕자가 된 소녀들)
Directed by Kim Hye-jung
Friday 8 May, 7pm

Female Gukgeuk, a form of musical theatre in which women played male roles, enjoyed a golden age in 1950s South Korea. Travelling around the country, these performers were intensely popular, representing a liberated feminine energy that was otherwise suppressed in a male-dominated society. This 2011 documentary traces the history of this phenomenon and follows some of these legendary actors – by then in their seventies and eighties, and still acting – as they reminisce about their shared experiences, performances, and camaraderie. While the heyday of Female Gukgeuk has long passed, director Kim Hye-jung looks at the legacy of these ‘girl princes’, astutely scrutinizing cultural tensions relating to gender performance, manliness, and disguise.

The screening will be followed by a gathering with snacks provided.

www.queereast.org.uk/programme/the-girl-princes/

• Book ahead via the links above.
  These are a pay-what-you-can event between £3.50 and £10.50.
  Part of Queer East Festival 2026