Scissorhandz star Jordan Kai Burnett: ‘I’ve always called Edward Scissorhands a gay robot’

“I wish I had more wit at this moment,” says Jordan Kai Burnett, pinching their fingers together as if attempting to extract some from the air. “But I did have a full eight-hour rehearsal today.”

Those gruelling hours are being pumped into Scissorhandz, a “radical, raucous” and queer re-telling of Tim Burton’s 1990 gothic cult classic Edward Scissorhands, which starred Johnny Depp in the titular role.

Burnett is trying to explain why, in a world that seems to be falling apart, a glitzy, oddball show like this still matters. “I know that I’m not solving brain cancer. I know that,” they urge. “But what I do is pretty delightful. And if there’s a person who comes to see the show who’s like, ‘oh, I didn’t understand this and now I

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