Thrive: Queer voices, out loud

An original work of verbatim theatre

Based on the stories of LGBTQIA+ Victorians, young and old.

Thrive is the story of the trailblazers and future-makers.

Real life, larger than life and in their own words.

In Thrive, the rebel theatre-smiths of Black Apple Theatre set out to make some noise in the silence surrounding queer experience; harvesting the true stories from the mouths of those who made history and those who continue to shape it, and transplanting them into a lush theatrical landscape where music and narrative intertwine.

This is the story of planting the seed. This is the story of watching it grow. This is the story of how to thrive.