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Contents:

• VIRGIA GAY: I HAVE NO TERT GETTG MARRIED UNTIL WE HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY
• THEATRE INTERVIEW – VIRGIA GAY (MTC CYRANO)
• VIRGIA GAY
• CYRANO REVIEW – VIRGIA GAY SH THIS BOLD, QUEER REIMAGG
• ERTHA GAY CARR
• DIVERSE REER BRGS VIRGIA GAY BACK TO MELBOURNE
• HELLISH: COVID-19 AND A BROKEN HEART FUEL VIRGIA GAY’S NEW-LOOK CYRANO

VIRGIA GAY: I HAVE NO TERT GETTG MARRIED UNTIL WE HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY

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THEATRE INTERVIEW – VIRGIA GAY (MTC CYRANO)

19pmThis wrap of shows around Melbourne clus Virgia Gay’s imagative adaptatn of a classic, a double bill of morn Amerin opera, an imaged enunter between Mart Luther Kg Jr. THEATRECyrano ★★½Virgia Gay after Edmond Rostand, MTC, until October 29Awash wh low edy and the irreprsible spir of amatr theatre, Virgia Gay’s ee adaptatn of Cyrano Bergerac will make you lgh and snort and snigger, even as stumbl at transfigurg the ridiculo to the Narkle and Virgia Gay the Melbourne Theatre Company productn of Jeff BbyOn paper, the show is a hot ticket.

VIRGIA GAY

No one who saw Gay Calamy Jane uld doubt her geni for edy, and there was every reason to thk she’d brg the same quick-off-the-draw w, heightened timacy, and razor-sharp timg to Rostand’s unorthodox hero. Unfortunately, Gay isn’t as seasoned a wrer as she is a performer, and while you will, most certaly, lgh at this adaptatn – Gay is the kd of actor who uld make the phone book funny – you may sometim wonr whether you trouble don’t lie queerg Cyrano or reversg the character’s genr, but the lip-service Gay’s script pays to poetry.

Here, there is an almost perverse aversn to the magic of words – a bumblg meta-theatril ame tak over; high rhetoric is chewed favour of humour that plays to the lowt mon are patiently explaed by Cyrano (Gay) and her merry chos of am-dram clowns (Milo Hartill, Rob Goldsworthy and Holly At), and they’re sometim enacted as if they were a gdgg afterthought, a way that feels patronisg to dienc and disrpectful to the artistry of the of which is to ny the ensemble creat lively and divertg moments, om jnty chos numbers to the silly ventriloquism of Cyrano woog on behalf of Cl Jabbour’s ultimate himbo, although you’ll have to wa through dick jok, and other forlorn attempts at w, to get to them. A scene om Cyrano at Melbourne Theatre Jeff BbyIt’s a shame, too, for anyone (myself clud) who would leap at the chance to see Gay perform any of Rostand’s sweepg speech the plat translatn.

CYRANO REVIEW – VIRGIA GAY SH THIS BOLD, QUEER REIMAGG

Or ed what drove Gay to rort to so much low-hangg edic u, when Cyrano spurns the ia of g language to “be a buffoon/ the vile hope of teasg out a se/ on some ld face. Virgia Gay on why she’s sayg Cyranope to outmod moral standards joyo new adaptatn of Rostand’s classic play.

ERTHA GAY CARR

Virgia Gay is poised to remd Melburnians of the magic of theatre, settg this ont and centrtage her adaptatn of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano Bergerac.

DIVERSE REER BRGS VIRGIA GAY BACK TO MELBOURNE

Cyrano is g to Melbourne Theatre Company’s Southbank Theatre, directed by Sarah Goos and starrg Gay the tle role, later this month.

Virgia Gay has been remarkably productive over the past 18 months. Gay’s h adaptatn of the classic French play Cyrano Bergerac is one such product of the latter optn. Gay, bt known for her work on the Atralian silver screen (All Sats, Wners & Losers), on the big screen (Judy & Punch) and on stage (Calamy Jane, Vivid Whe, The Beast), is now addg playwright to her already imprsive CV.

HELLISH: COVID-19 AND A BROKEN HEART FUEL VIRGIA GAY’S NEW-LOOK CYRANO

As well as penng the adaptatn, Gay is starrg as Cyrano herself, genr-flippg the tradnally heteronormative role and love story, and prentg morn dienc wh a joyful, mil celebratn of queer romance and hope.