Zeminar Presents Panti Bliss | Be Yourself - Everybody Else is Taken

Panti is Ireland's foremost gender discombobulist and accidental activist. She began performing while an art student in the late 80’s before moving to Tokyo and becoming a fixture on the Tokyo club scene. Returning to Dublin in 1995 she ran some of Dublin's seminal club nights, hosted the legendary Alternative Miss Ireland for 18 years, and performed all over the world.
Panti has written and performed four critically acclaimed, hit theatre shows: In These Shoes, All Dolled Up, A Woman in Progress, and High Heels In Low Places which have played to stellar reviews and packed houses across Ireland, the UK, Europe,
Australia, and the US. She is currently starring in the spectacular and acclaimed show Riot which is touring across Europe, Australia and North America.
In October 2014 she published her memoir Woman In The Making which was a bestseller in Ireland. In January 2014 Panti's creator Rory O'Neill sparked a national furore when he appeared
on RTE television and discussed homophobia in Ireland. The ensuing scandal became known as Pantigate.
In Feb 2014 Panti took to the stage of the National Theatre to defend herself. Her ten minute oration, which became known as The Noble Call, has been compared to some of the great speeches in the English language and a video of the speech went viral online,
was broadcast on TV and radio around the world, and became an international sensation.
It was also put to music by pop royalty, Pet Shop Boys. In 2015 year she expanded on some of the themes of that speech in a TED talk which also attracted a lot of attention.
Panti became an iconic figure for equality in Ireland, and in 2015 she played a major role in the successful referendum campaign for Marriage Equality in Ireland.
In October 2015 a critically acclaimed documentary The Queen Of Ireland about Rory and Panti broke box office records in Ireland and picked up awards at festivals around the world.
She has been the recipient of many awards for both her work as an entertainer and as an activist, including a Person Of The Year Award and an Honorary Doctorate from the prestigious Trinity College Dublin.
Since 2016 she hosts Pantisocracy, a popular radio chat show focused on science and the arts, on the Irish National Broadcaster RTE, and continues to appear regularly on TV.
She is much in demand at home and abroad as a speaker and activist. Panti is also the landlady of her popular Dublin bar, Pantibar, which opened in 2007.
Panti is currently writing and developing a TV series with Sky Atlantic and US based production company Playground Entertainment. The series is set in a fictionalised version
of Pantibar.
When not touring, Panti lives in Dublin with her Jack Russel terrier Penny.
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[@daniel_8181]

when I am a bit down, and even if I am Italian, I listen to this and I get better :-)

[@mermanfiasco]

This is really awesome

[@Jace7310]

Yes, "Be Yourself" - a man.

[@Tao_Tology]

Lol, the insecurity of feeling you need to try to define someone else. 😂

[@BEGGARWOOD1]

Who is comfortable in a female character

[@jonwizard3989]

Me Me Me and Me again...oh and have you seen ME ?! Gimme a fucking break...

[@AlexanderBennn]

Jon Wizard They invited her to speak, using her own life experiences are a great way to get a message across. Stop turning something positive into something negative.

[@miseciara]

Z Z Z and Z again... oh and have you seen Zzzzzzz?! Gimme a break from shitty comments like yours on this fantastic inspirational speech.

[@aranireland]

@@AlexanderBennn exactly! well said x Panti's words are changing Ireland

[@silverkitty2503]

beauty has to be seen darling!

[@ronankay1952]

Yeah shut up you’re upsetting a straight 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ jog on Jon