The Boomkak Panto review – Virgia Gay’s playful love letter to small-town Atralia | Theatre | The Guardian

Contents:

• DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY
• GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE
• SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS
• TAG: GAY THEATRE REVIEW SYDNEY
• SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS
• THE SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN CHOIR PRENT WE BELONG
• THE BOOMKAK PANTO REVIEW – VIRGIA GAY’S PLAYFUL LOVE LETTER TO SMALL-TOWN ATRALIA
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• GAY PARTI AND EVENTS SYDNEY

DRAMATIC GRDR ENUNTER AT A PARK ADDS CHAPTER TO SYDNEY’S GAY HISTORY

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GAY SYDNEY: A GUI TO CLUBS, BARS, BARET AND CULTURE

While the earlier versn of Green Park revolved around hookg up the park, was set a Darlghurst admired what the play had to say about the behavural chasms between different generatns of gay men, and the unexpected plexi of the two characters, as well as s ntemporary ronance: “It really engag the ‘missn acplished’ set of expectatns the straight world has of the LGBTQIA world, particularly the gay world, ” he says.

SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN MARDI GRAS

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TAG: GAY THEATRE REVIEW SYDNEY

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SYDNEY GAY AND LBIAN MARDI GRAS

Meanwhile, the troductn of laws that rtrict late-night socialisg central Sydney’s party preccts has severely damaged Oxford Street, the cy’s tradnal gay strip. And, while Oxford Street is fely hurtg, a handful of Sydney’s “tradnal” queer venu ntue to thrive there spe of the challengg and mixedTokyo Sg Song basement Patrick Abboud, a documentary filmmaker and televisn prenter who -hosts and produc for the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasThe biggt challenge for visors who want to explore Sydney’s LGBTQI scene is that only the old, mastream optns tend to be listed travel guis. On Sundays plays crowd-pleasg hoe, electro and two most mastream venu for gay guys are Stonewall and Arq.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

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THE SYDNEY GAY & LBIAN CHOIR PRENT WE BELONG

It’s also where the rovg queer party Heaps Gay has been held for the past uple of months. Heaps Gay is a massive event that draws queer folk of all ag, sexuali and genrs. To fd out what is gog on across Sydney regards to arts events and queer culture, keep an ear out for the rad programm Canvas (on FBi), and Gay Panic and So Hot Right Now (both on 2SER).

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THE BOOMKAK PANTO REVIEW – VIRGIA GAY’S PLAYFUL LOVE LETTER TO SMALL-TOWN ATRALIA

I didn’t jt want to serve up a gay versn of Pri and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibily, but to take all the bt bs—the hallmarks and the philosophil unrpngs of Aten—to create a queer rom- set ntemporary Atralia. The central nce is that a young gay man has to marry rich bee he needs to save his fay om fancial . It’s a social satire of gay Sydney and what we nsir to be important and valuable wh the muny.

On one level there is that very manicured, polished, body-worshippg aspect of gay Sydney, then there’s an olr generatn and the more polilly progrsive Inner Wt queer muny. That’s life, you get ten gay people a room and you get ten different opns.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

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GAY PARTI AND EVENTS SYDNEY

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