A CASTLEMAINE-based theatre company is bringing their stage production depicting real-life queer experiences to Ballarat for the first time.<\/p>\n
Having debuted Thrive: Queer voices, out loud on stage late last year, the Black Apple Theatre cast and crew will bring the show to the Eureka Centre tomorrow as part of Frolic Festival\u2019s summer program.<\/p>\n
Thrive director and writer Cheyney Caddy said the play will complement the festival\u2019s offerings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis play was always intended to be performed at regional pride festivals like Frolic,\u201d Caddy said. \u201cIt was actually developed for Chill Out Festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been trying to bring this show to Frolic for a couple years now, so we\u2019re delighted. These stories are specific to Central Victoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cQueer people aren\u2019t born into their history, culture and community, they have to find it. Unless we work to bridge those gaps we\u2019re really missing out on those connections.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thrive was first developed nearly three years ago, and grew out of interviews Caddy had with members of the LGBTIQA+ community in 2020.<\/p>\n
The play portrays five queer non-fictional accounts of queer people living in regional Victoria with three of them over 65 years old and two aged under 25.<\/p>\n
Caddy said Ballarat is an important location for the play as a regional hub for the queer community.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of the journey of Thrive has been to return these regional stories to the places they belong,\u201d Caddy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA portion of it is actually about a young transgender person living in Ballarat. There\u2019s also some connection with the other characters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a chance for us to play to audiences that will be very familiar with and recognise the setting and content of the play. It\u2019s a home crowd for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tickets to Thrive: Queer voices, out loud are $22.19 and can be booked at bit.ly\/3JAjeK6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A CASTLEMAINE-based theatre company is bringing their stage production depicting real-life queer experiences to Ballarat for the first time. Having debuted Thrive: Queer voices, out loud on stage late last year, the Black Apple Theatre cast and crew will bring the show to the Eureka Centre tomorrow as part of Frolic Festival\u2019s summer program. Thrive […]<\/p>\n