Next year, Theatre Works becomes the Southside home of MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL! Our line-up is full of song, dance, cheeky twists, zany thrillers and important conversations. Keep reading to find out more about our line-up of five incredible shows!
SPARK
by ryan henry | 21 - 25 january at theatre works
Step into a captivating exploration of love and technology’s intricate dance. A sequel to the acclaimed CULT showcased in 2023 at Midsumma Festival and Melbourne Fringe, Ryan Henry’s SPARK offers up another cautionary tale; the spectacle of aligning a gay man’s experience along the narrow road of “love at first sight.” In a world where information and connection is readily available at the swipe of your fingers, are you able to digest it fast enough? Are you too picky? Will you suffer from digital neglect? Join Simon on his quest through the smartphone screen and see if he will survive the hilarity, the devastation and the Camp of it all before time runs out (anyone have a charger he could borrow?).
SPARK promises a night of entertainment and self-reflection in equal measure. You won’t know whether to laugh or question everything they know about love by the time the screen goes black.
A BODY AT WORK
by frankie van kan | 28 january - 1 february at theatre works
The tale of a queer woman’s seventeen years, and counting, in the sex industry.
Serial nudist, Frankie van Kan (AKA Frankie Valentine—Stripped Queer, Club Briefs, Baby Got Back, Seen & Heard Cabaret) achieves the improbable task of exposing more of herself than ever before, in this deeply intimate piece of confessional theatre. Dubbed “A dynamite piece of theatre” by ArtsHub, A Body at Work, directed by theatre Alumni Maude Davey, is the tale of a queer woman’s seventeen years, and counting, in the sex industry.
Beginning in a strip club, with insightfully refreshing antics of strip club culture and the perceived power dynamics between workers and clients, Frankie unpacks her own whorephobia and the unravelling of boundaries. As she regales you with stories of the body as a commodity and navigating queerness in this honest, humorous and heartfelt journey, Frankie asks the question—will they love me at my Madonna when they’ve relished me at my whore?
TRUTH TO POWER CAFE
created, written and performed by jeremy goldstein with henry woolf, directed by jen heyes | 5 - 6 february at theatre works
From Adelaide to Zagreb and now at Theatre Works for its Melbourne premiere, Jeremy Goldstein’s Truth to Power Café is a profound theatrical reflection on loss, hope, and resistance.
This award-winning international performance event is told through memoir, image, film, poetry, music, and compassionate truth-telling in response to the question: ‘who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?’
Personal, professional, political - speaking truth to power is a non-violent means of conflict resolution, the origins of which lie in the anti-war movement. Is it to your parents, a sibling, politician, lover, landlord, neighbour, banker, boss, or simply your best friend? It’s time to tell them the truth before it’s too late.
Truth to Power Café is inspired by the political and philosophical beliefs of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter and his inner Jewish circle “The Hackney Gang”, who included Jeremy’s late father, Mick Goldstein, and poet/actor Henry Woolf.
HOMOPHONIC!
presented by theatre works, midsumma and miranda hill | 7 - 8 february at theatre works
Homophonic! is bringing the disco ball to the concert hall and raising the roof of Theatre Works St Kilda for the 15th annual celebration of queer chamber music. Featuring the winner of Midsumma Presents: the Homophonic! Pride Prize by Ashleigh Hazel, RESPECT pieces telling the stories of LGBTIQ+ seniors in song, and established works from super gay icons of classical music.
the butcher, the baker
presented by theatre works and ella filar | 5 - 15 february at explosives factory
You want to be a butcher? You’ve got to love a butcher.
The Butcher, The Baker…project was originally inspired by my experiences of living with a group of women on Amazon Acres deep in the New South Wales bush in the 1970’s “No men, no meat, no machines”.
A tale with a twist, The Butcher, The Baker…is a story of a woman who in an effort to probe the mystery of a man she is obsessed with but cannot get close to disguises herself as a male. But the plan misfires and she is left with more than a sting in her tail!!!
Don't miss out on this fabulous festival line-up! You can find tickets for all shows on the Theatre Works website. Click the link below to book now!
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