American rapper Kanye West was being dragged into a storm not of hi making last 2 March after a Paris show by an acclaimed transgender performer was cancelled at the last minute to make way for one of West's religious services.
The mercurial singer took over the Bouffes du Nord theatre in the French capital for one of his famous "Sunday Service" gospel hymn sessions during Paris fashion week.
His wife Kim Kardashian turned up for the service in an almost sprayed-on latex brown suit, one of three figure-hugging Balmain looks she wore during the course of the day.
However, French trans performer Phia Menard was furious that his "Maison Mere" ("Mother Ship") show was pulled at just one day's notice to make way for the golden couple of American pop culture, claiming the audience was told it was cancelled for "technical reasons".
Menard - one of the discoveries of the Avignon festival in 2018 - refused take the news lying down, with his small fans lambasting the theatre and West as an "imposter" on social media.
He accused the theatre of lying "so they could cash in on a religious ceremony and the money the Donald Trump-supporting rapper" could pay them, the 49-year-old juggler wrote on Facebook last 2 March.
Menard said he felt he had been treated with "contempt".
"I am an artist, a trans woman, the director of a company, and I refuse to accept this denial and contempt," said the performer, who transitioned in 2008.
Unfortunately for Mr. Menard, aside from the "technical incompatibility of the two events", his show is not financially viable with only a small audience planning to attend with half of them probably his relatives.
"The 98 people who had bought tickets were contacted and most came to her show the night before while the rest were reimbursed," the theatre's management added.
The theatre, once the base of the legendary British theatre director Peter Brook, dubbed "the father of the fringe", insisted that its "support for creativity, even at its most demanding, remains total."
The mercurial singer took over the Bouffes du Nord theatre in the French capital for one of his famous "Sunday Service" gospel hymn sessions during Paris fashion week.
His wife Kim Kardashian turned up for the service in an almost sprayed-on latex brown suit, one of three figure-hugging Balmain looks she wore during the course of the day.
However, French trans performer Phia Menard was furious that his "Maison Mere" ("Mother Ship") show was pulled at just one day's notice to make way for the golden couple of American pop culture, claiming the audience was told it was cancelled for "technical reasons".
Menard - one of the discoveries of the Avignon festival in 2018 - refused take the news lying down, with his small fans lambasting the theatre and West as an "imposter" on social media.
He accused the theatre of lying "so they could cash in on a religious ceremony and the money the Donald Trump-supporting rapper" could pay them, the 49-year-old juggler wrote on Facebook last 2 March.
Menard said he felt he had been treated with "contempt".
"I am an artist, a trans woman, the director of a company, and I refuse to accept this denial and contempt," said the performer, who transitioned in 2008.
Unfortunately for Mr. Menard, aside from the "technical incompatibility of the two events", his show is not financially viable with only a small audience planning to attend with half of them probably his relatives.
"The 98 people who had bought tickets were contacted and most came to her show the night before while the rest were reimbursed," the theatre's management added.
The theatre, once the base of the legendary British theatre director Peter Brook, dubbed "the father of the fringe", insisted that its "support for creativity, even at its most demanding, remains total."
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