The Queer Kingdom: A Staged Reading

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Image: by Rielly Bennie

Winner of the 2024 Queer Playwriting Award

Experience the first full reading of The Queer Kingdom by Tom Ballard, winner of the 2024 QPAS Award. Be part of the development process towards presenting a premiere production in 2026, meet the artists and share your feedback.

In 2004, a group of radical queer activists boarded a seaplane they’d christened The Gayflower, flew 200 nautical miles off the coast of Queensland and landed on a tiny patch of sand and grass in the middle of the ocean. It was here that Emperor Dale Parker Anderson I would plant his rainbow flag and officially declare the claiming of “The Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands'' – a gay nation independent of homophobic Australia, where there was marriage equality for all, the currency was the pink dollar and the national anthem was Gloria Gaynor’s I Am What I Am.

Playwright, Tom Ballard says: "I want to write a funny, joyous play that tells the story of this fascinating queer protest – its history, its characters and its politics – and interrogates what it means for Australian queers today. Would we all just be better off escaping to our own separate queer paradise?"

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Accessibility

Wheelchair Access
Assistive Listening
Vision Rating less than 50%

Dates & Times

WHEN Sat 8 Feb 1pm
DURATION 1hr 15m

Tickets

FULL $20.00
CONC $15.00
COMPANION FREE - please email [email protected] to arrange
EARLYBIRD 15% discount at checkout on full price tickets until 11pm 17 Dec 2024
3-SHOW Book 3 or more eligible events for 10% off full price

Location

Gasworks Arts Park - Studio Theatre

21 Graham St, Albert Park

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Tram

1 to stop 31 (Graham St/Victoria Ave)

Bus

236 to Graham/Pickles St | bus 606 to Bridport/Richardson St

Event notes

INFO

New Work, Award Winning

WARNINGS

Strong language, Latecomer lockout, References to suicide and/or self-harm, Mature themes

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