
OMOS
OMOS
Rhys Hollis
United Kingdom
2022
Performance
Short Film
In OMOS, four performers pay homage to a forgotten passage in the history of Black people at the 16th-century Scottish royal court. They reclaim history through drag, dance, opera and pole dancing in a Shakespeare-inspired forest and Stirling Castle, drawing on the past while looking to the future.
general information
edition
7th ECRÃ Festival
date and
time
Botafogo Station
festivalecra.com
02/07
06/07 - 09/08
9pm
Throughout the Online Stage
duration in min
21
debut
Latin Premiere
classification
indicative
12 years / Not recommended for children under twelve years old / Not recommended for children under twelve years old
content
shortly
tags
dance, hybrid documentary, lgbt+, political, racism, music video
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Rhys Hollis
Rhys Hollis (also known as Rhys's Pieces) is a cabaret artist and director of OMOS, as well as starring in the film. Rhys Hollis is described as a one-man cabaret troupe; they are a performance artist, dancer, rapper, lip syncer, cabaret host, gender-bending drag artist and burlesque act. They were crowned winners of the 2018 LipSync1000. In 2019, they were awarded the title of Best Variety Act by QX magazine. They have performed at galleries including the Tate, V&A and the Royal Historic Palaces and performed as themselves in the play “The Sound of the Underground” at The Royal Court, London in 2023, which received five star reviews in The Guardian, The Independent, Attitude, Time Out and The Stage. They host cabaret nights across the UK, including their own creation, Queerdos Cabaret. OMOS is his debut film.

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