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MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Vandals
target anti marriage equality
campaigner The Toowoomba clinic
of the president of a lobby group that
campaigns against marriage equality
was vandalised late last month. Dr
David van Gend of the Australian
Marriage Forum says he returned
from an interstate visit to find his
medical centre vandalised with the
word “bigot”, the anarchy symbol, and
his surname. Van Gend reported the
vandalism to police. “This sort of abuse
is experienced by anybody who stands
against the gay marriage juggernaut,”
van Gend said in a statement. “But
usually it is from trolls online, not
vandals on the wall of a medical
centre.” The attack was condemned
by the head of Australian Marriage
Equality, Rodney Croome. “We
unequivocally condemn all personal
attacks and destruction of property,”
Croome said. “Such abuse has no place
in the marriage equality debate. “But
I also ask Dr van Gend not to jump to
conclusions about the perpetrator, as
this only inflames the situation. “We
call on people on both sides of the
marriage equality debate to show
respect for the views of others and
maturity in how they make their case.”
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QUEENSLAND PRIDE MONTHLY
JUNE 2015
Tiptoe
Queers of Brisbane
Itinerary
Studio 54
Same-sex romance
during the Great War
Meet the scientist cum
hairdresser who’ll do
you naked
David Lynch by Night,
the Hustlers get trivial
& Mexican Scarlet
The 1998 film about the
legendary club gets a
camper, gayer re-cut
THE FAMILY LAW Brisbane author Benjamin Law is airing his family life on television with a new series on SBS
IRELAND
SAYS YES TO
EQUALITY
The resounding Yes vote
in Ireland’s referendum on
same sex marriage sent
reverberations around the
world. Two out of three Irish
voters ticked Yes for equality,
with hundreds of expats flying
back to the Emerald Isle just to
cast their votes. The result has
re-energised same-sex marriage
supporters the world over with
calls for equality being renewed
in Australia, Northern Ireland,
Germany and Italy. The result
was bittersweet for Australian
supporters as we are left the
only developed country in the
English-speaking world to ban
same-sex marriage. The Greens
have announced they’ll bring
on a marriage equality debate
this month.
QUEERS OF BRISBANE
Name: nak.Ed
Where born: Highgate Hill
Favourite thing about Brisbane: Watching the Brisbane city skyline as dusky pink evening falls.
I was one of those peeps who, besides having a fantastic
time, never really knew what I wanted to do with my time
on the planet – so I decided to give hairdressing a go. I
found I loved the ability to transform a person’s look and
the way they feel about themselves (it felt like a super
power) and I also loved the social aspect of the job.
But after about ten years I found I wanted to become
better informed about the way this wacky world of
ours works. So I enrolled in higher education and did an
undergraduate degree in Applied Science focusing on
Molecular Biology. I’ve since completed that degree and
am now finalising my PhD thesis on the development of
mass spectrometry assays for investigation of the appetite
hormone Ghrelin, with the hopeful outcome that the
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Then God smiled upon the lesbians and said
“Here Lesbians I Give You Sinead” and the lesbians fell to their knees and worshipped their
Irish goddess and learnt every freaking word to
every freaking song she ever wrote. The Shaved
Head could only be rocked by those with a perfectly shaped head – most of us learnt that the
hard way.
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5. THE BIEBER
The last two decades have given us a plethora of
choices – some have been bigger than others but
none has been bigger than The Bieber.‘Lesbians
who look like Justin Bieber’ became a phenomenon – so much so we are not sure if this is a
picture of a lesbian or the Biebs himself.
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6. THE SHANE
Then God smiled on the lesbians again and gave
us The L Word…and Shane…and Shane’s hair.
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7. THE FRINGE
There was a few years there where it became
really fashionable in the lesbian community
to only see out of one eye. Whether you had
straight or curly hair we grew our fringes long
and spent the night trying to pretend it wasn’t
really annoying.
8. THE DREADS
Like the mullet some lesbians have put in a lot
of time and effort to keep dreadlocks alive. The
Real L Word’s Whitney Mixter has now basically
trademarked them so if you want dreads you
need to run it by her first.
9. THE QUIFF
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You couldn’t possibly talk about anything to do
with lesbian style and not bring out the big guns
– Ruby Rose. Blond or brunette the girl rocks
The Quiff like no other.
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THE BIRTH OF QP
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The Flat-Top was instigated by 80s icon Grace
Jones but lesbians saw it and said, ‘I want what
she’s having’. Essentially it’s a mullet that’s all
about the business with none of the party. Serious stuff.
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2. THE MULLET
In the 1970s something happened that would
change lesbians forever - The Mullet. The look
that’s described as ‘business in the front, party
out the back’ was a winner with everyone.
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Some of you might know our
girl’s website PONY, and for
those who don’t check her
out at gaynewsnetwork.com.
au/pony. In the new QP we
will be running a PONY page
every month. For our first
issue we thought we’d share
what has been the listacle
that has just kept on giving.
Yep, lesbians and their hair
is pretty serious business!
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The cult 60s film The Killing of Sister George was
not only way ahead of its time in its content it
was also where we got to see a real life lesbian
bar in action. Alice on the left sported this
darling little pixie hairstyle which went perfectly
with her night of drag at the local queer lady
club.
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The first issue of Queensland Pride came out in January 1991.
In its opening paragraph it promised to report on “all facets of
the Gay and Lesbian Community in Queensland, post Gay Law
Reform”. The law reform it’s referring to is the decriminalising
of sex between consenting adult males, which after decades
of repressive conservative government had been passed by
the new Labor government in 1990.
The early nineties, before anti-retroviral drugs, saw the worst
effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It’s no coincidence that
a male wearing an ‘I support the Queensland AIDS Council’
T-shirt is pictured on the cover, above a health warning to
always use condoms and never share needles.
But it wasn’t all about HIV/AIDS: the FBA (Free Business
Association) had already been in existence for seven years
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COMMUNITY: Best employers
for LGBTI workers recognised
PricewaterhouseCoopers has taken the
honours as Australia’s top employer for
COMMUNITY: Lesbian couple fulfil
dying wish with NZ marriage In a
heart-warming story, a terminally
ill Tasmanian woman had her dying
wish realised after she married her
same-sex partner in New Zealand.
Lee Bransden, 75, and Sandra Yates,
57, were wed in Rotorua last month.
The couple wanted to legally marry
because Lee has a lung disease and has
only weeks to live, but were unable
to wed in Australia. A crowdfunding
campaign to help pay for their
expenses raised $10,000 in just two
days. Rodney Croome, National
Director of Australian Marriage
Equality, said the couple’s wedding in
New Zealand highlighted why marriage
reform is needed in Australia now.
SPORTS: Tackling homophobia in
sports Grim figures revealed by
the first international study into
homophobia in sports have prompted
our major sporting bodies to take
action. The Out in the Fields study
showed almost half those surveyed
believed LGBTI people were simply
not welcome in sports. That and
many examples of homophobic
abuse among players and fans have
convinced major sporting codes to
develop a Pride in Sport Index. The
Index will be a set of benchmarks that
will allow them to measure whether
over time their sport is becoming more
inclusive. Time will tell.
ENTERTAINMENT: Sweden wins
Eurovision, Guy makes his mark
Sweden has taken the honours at
this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
with pop singer Mans Zelmerlow
winning with his song ‘Heroes’ with
365 votes. “I want to say we are all
heroes, no matter who we love, who
we are or what we believe in - we
are all heroes,” Zelmerlow said in his
thank-you speech. Australia’s Guy
Sebastian took out fifth place with
an explosive performance of his pop
anthem ‘Tonight Again’. The glittering
event was hosted by last year’s winner,
Austrian drag diva Conchita Wurst. As
winners, Sweden will host the event
in 2016.
PHOTO: A GAY RIGHTS MURAL ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING IN DUBLIN.
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nominations for each award category. The number of
nominations received this year was tremendous, with more
than 350 unique nominations across a total of 14 award
categories.
An award nominating committee was formed to review the
nominees and develop a shortlist of candidates.
“The award nominating committee reviewed the nominees
in each category based on merit and individual award
selection criteria,” said Brisbane Pride festival marketing and
communications manager Damien Doonan.
“We were astounded at the calibre and diversity of the
people who had been nominated for awards. Our nominating
committee, comprised of gay, lesbian and transgender
members, took their jobs very seriously. I believe they’ve
done a great job as the votes have been coming in hot and
heavy ever since we posted the nominees.”
This year’s Studio 54 theme is expected to generate some
fabulous entries for the Belle of the Ball Award, which will be
chosen from attendees on the night. In addition to the party
and the annual awards, the Queen’s Ball is an important
fundraiser for the Brisbane Pride Festival.
Besides supporting Festival activities such as the Rally, March
and Fair Day, it also supports the Kal Collins Memorial Fund.
Established in 2012, the fund aims to support activities which
increase awareness of mental illness and suicide prevention
in the LGBTIQ community.
The fund, established in memory of community member
Kal Collins, provides community grants and in 2013 (the first
year of the fund) $5,000 was given to Healthy Communities
(now the Queensland AIDS Council).
Brisbane Pride Festival is one of Australia’s oldest lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, intersex
and queer (LGBTIQ) organisations, and since 2009 has been the organisation behind Queensland’s
iconic Queen’s Ball.
From modest beginnings at Mt Tamborine in 1961,
the Annual Queen’s Birthday Ball Awards has evolved
over the years to become one of the Australian LGBTIQ
community’s premiere events.
Last year, the Ball took place at Brisbane City Hall for the
very first time and it returns in 2015 to celebrate its 54th
year with a disco-commemorating Studio 54 theme.
While the Queen’s Ball is always a party, it’s important to
remember that it’s also Brisbane’s opportunity to acknowledge
the achievements of members of the LGBTIQ community.
“Every single day, there are people who work behind the
scenes to support our community,” says Brisbane Pride
Festival president, Peter Black. “Issues such as youth
mental health, marriage equality and trans-inclusiveness
are just some of the causes, tirelessly advocated for, by
many of our nominees.
“This year’s Queen’s Ball award nominees are a testament
to the diversity and strength of the queer community in
Brisbane.”
and was an association for “fellowship and contact” between
gay and lesbian professionals. Its long term goal was to
establish a trust for a gay and lesbian nursing home. Sport
was mentioned, as were Gay Citizens for Peace, and the
Queensland Association for Gay Law Reform.
Great importance was placed on the symbolism of the
community: the pink triangle, the rainbow flag, the double
male heart of the Brisbane Pride Collective, the double-bladed
Labrys axe denoting female power – “the traditional weapon
of the Amazon women warriors”!
The gay community was coming out fighting; visibility was on
the rise. For LGBTIQ Queenslanders, it was the dawn of a new
era in the Sunshine State, and Queensland Pride was there to
report on it.
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assays I developed will contribute to the eventual end of
the use of animals in science.
As most students would know, there’s not a whole lot of
time for social interaction and while I have found the PhD
challenging and rewarding I also found not only did I learn
about my field specialty (mass spectrometry) I also learned
about myself through introspective contemplation brought
about by a moth-eaten wallet. What I learned was that by
day I was a mild-mannered scientist, but by night there
was a secret fetish in me that needed to get out... And so
I became nak.Ed: hairdresser and manscape artist. Soon I
will not only be a qualified hairdresser/beautician but also
a qualified Doctor of Science. So cum down to the lab and
see what’s on the slab, ’cause I am manscapin’ me a man.
LAW REFORM: Catholic Priest renews
call to end Queensland’s ‘Gay Panic’
defence There is a renewed push
to clarify the Queensland Criminal
Code to remove the possibility of a
‘gay panic’ defence. The gay panic
or homosexual advance defence
has been outlawed in all other
states and territories except South
Australia. Seven years ago Queensland
experienced a high profile case in
which the homosexual advance
defence was used. In 2010, Jason
Andrew Pearce, 38, was sentenced to
nine-year’s jail for the manslaughter
of Wayne Robert Ruks, 45, inside the
grounds of Maryborough’s St Mary’s
Catholic Church in July 2008. In 2012
Father Paul Kelly, the Maryborough
parish priest at the time of the
murder, started an online petition to
oust the provocation defence. Kelly
told QP he welcomed the renewed
interest in the issue. “The response
has been excellent. To me it was selfevident that it was an archaic loop
hole that needed to be closed. I don’t
know why this defence was on the
books. It’s dangerous and it’s clearly
not protecting all people in society.
Particular groups are likely to be
affected by it more than others.”
LGBTI people for 2015. The Australian
arm of the global professional services
firm topped a list of 20 organisations
which were recognised at a special
luncheon in Sydney organised by Pride
in Diversity, Australia’s first and only
national employer support program
for the inclusion of LGBTI people in
the workplace. PwC previously won
top place in 2012. Westpac took out
second place, Curtin University were
third and ANZ won an Innovation
Award for their GayTMs at Mardi Gras.
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The Queen’s Birthday Ball awards cover an array of
categories, including:
• Activist of the Year
• Volunteer of the Year
• DJ of the Year
• Artist of the Year
• Performer of the Year
• Media Personality of the Year
• Drag Performer of the Year
• Annual Event of the Year
• Regular Event of the Year
• Licenced Venue of the Year
• Adult Venue of the Year
• Community Support Group of the Year
• Community Social Group of the Year
• Young Achiever of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement Award
Each year, members of the community put forward
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Last year, in 2014, four organisations receive grants from the
KCMFG program. They were:
• QTs for TBoys
• Wendybird
• Rainbow OK
• Expanded Horizons
This year, Brisbane Pride Festival hopes to support even
more organisations. “There are so many groups and
organisation that provide vital services to our community,”
Peter Black said. “We’re aiming to increase awareness of
the Kal Collins Grant Program in 2015 and we encourage
all LGBTIQ community groups to visit our website for more
information about the program, including how to apply.”
On Saturday, 19 September, Brisbane Pride Festival will hold
its annual Rally and March, followed by Fair Day. What began
as a small gathering in Musgrave Park years ago has now
become the most famous and best attended event of the
Brisbane Pride Festival.
“Fair Day is a great way to catch up with friends after the
Pride Rally and March, but it’s also a great fun day out on its
own,” Black said.
Save the date
What: Brisbane Pride Festival Fair Day & March
When: September 19, 2015
More details about Fair Day will be released on the
Brisbane Pride Facebook page and website in the lead up
to the event.
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By Nic Holas
Undetectable Viral Load. It’s a phrase you
might have heard a bit recently, with an
increased focus on educating HIV positive and
negative gay men about what it is, and how it
can prevent the spread of HIV.
For something that’s been around since
1996 (the same year the Spice Girls released
Wannabe, for context) it’s strange we’ve only
recently embraced Undetectable Viral Load
(UVL)– but HIV is a demanding beast that
science, research, and community opinion
chases to keep up with.
What “undetectable” means to you depends
entirely on your HIV status, your sexual
behaviour, and your definition of risk. With that
in mind, let’s unload…
WHAT DOES UNDETECTABLE MEAN?
Put plainly, your viral load is a number that
measures how infected (and thus infectious)
you are with HIV. The figure is the number
of copies of the HIV virus per ml of blood.
The more copies of the HIV virus, the more
infectious you are.
When guys are first infected with HIV, their viral
load can be in the millions. In fact, the easiest
way to pass on HIV is when you’ve recently
acquired it but don’t know it –the most
common way HIV is spread in Australia.
Post-infection, your viral load usually goes down
to lower levels but tends (for most guys) to stay
in the infectious range. Once you’re diagnosed,
and make the decision to start treatment, the
process of getting to undetectable begins.
After a sustained period on meds (six weeks
to two months usually), many HIV+ guys get
an UVL. What this means is the HIV treatment,
often just one pill per day, suppresses the virus
by interfering with the HIV cell replication
process (stick with me) to reduce the copies
of the virus down to levels that the standard
HIV test cannot detect. Modern tests put this
at around less than 20 copies of the virus per
ml, which makes it virtually impossible to pass
it on.
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vocalist sings about why
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STRANGE
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Amanda Palmer and the
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Songs of wickedness
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has an undetectable viral load, you basically
have “zero” chances of acquiring the virus
from them. I put the zero in quotation marks,
because when it comes to sex nothing is
100 per cent guaranteed (unless you
count the likelihood of me calling
again. “Bye Felicia, that was fun.
Next!” – me).
That “zero” figure though
comes
from
the
PARTNER study, which
in 2014 announced
that out of the
44,400 instances
of
condomless
sex that occurred
between HIV+ people
on treatment and their negative partners,
there were zero instances of transmission:
none of the HIV+ people passed on the virus
to their partners.
Those are pretty good odds for HIV- guys,
especially ones who end up dating a HIV+ guy
with an UVL. For those navigating casual sex,
the information might help you worry less
about sex in general, or make you think twice
before out and out rejecting someone because
of his HIV status. Ultimately though, your sex
life is your own, and an informed sex life is far
better than one where you bury your head in
the sand (unless you’re into that).
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If you have sex with a person that is HIV+ and
I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
Some come out via a cake, others via a flashmob. But these boys are doing it the old-fashioned way:
on YouTube to millions of subscribers.
LUCAS CRUIKSHANK
Subscribers: 1,090,098
WHAT UNDETECTABLE MEANS FOR HIV+ GUYS
Speaking of things to bury your head into,
HIV+ guys like me have benefited enormously
from being undetectable. To get an UVL, poz
guys have to be treatment adherent (missing
one day won’t suddenly make you infectious
though).
As a poz guy, the notion of being infectious
weighs pretty heavily on your mind
(understatement of the century). Even if
getting an UVL is beyond your reach or takes
longer than expected, being on treatment
does this really cool thing: it keeps us alive.
As more poz guys come to accept the science
behind UVL, they’re also starting owning their
overall HIV status more: Campbell, a member
of TIM (the HIV group I co-run), recently started
to list himself as “[+u]” on his Scruff
profile, meaning “HIV+, undetectable”.
While putting it all out there isn’t for
everyone, I think those who do should be
congratulated. You end up answering a lot of
questions, and occasionally a bit of shade/
aggressions/trolling from ignorant gays.
WHAT UNDETECTABLE ISN’T
It’s important to point out that UVL isn’t a magic
bullet, it’s not a cure, and most importantly, it’s
not a new class of HIV. There are people in our
community who will never get an UVL through
not fault of their own, which is a shitty hand of
cards to be dealt. For some of our elders who
pioneered HIV treatments in the 80s and 90s,
drug resistance and other factors means they
are unable to take the modern meds that can
deliver an UVL.
We need to be mindful of this when we trumpet
the benefits of the Undetectable Revolution.
Too many decades of HIV stigma already exist
for us to be carving out new cliques of HIV
positivity. Seeing your undetectable status as
some elevated form of HIV, or only fucking with
undetectable guys while flatly rejecting other
poz ones, makes you the Mean Girls of HIV(or
as I like to call them – The Wretched Wieners).
That being said, for the vast majority of HIV+
guys, getting to undetectable is an incredibly
important moment in your HIV journey. The
mental and physical benefits are significant,
and in a country as wealthy as Australia issues
of access to treatments pale in comparison to
our neighbours.
Ending HIV in Australia simply won’t happen
until more guys become aware of treatment
as prevention. Got questions? QuAC, QPP, HIV
Foundation QLD and TIM all provide either
expert or peer advice. Don’t be scared of
asking the questions that could make a huge
difference to your life.
Lucas Cruikshank is best known as the man behind the OTT character Fred
Figglehorn. He created the alter-ego in 2008 on YouTube and by the end
of 2009 was signed by Nickelodeon. Naturally, when Cruikshank, then 19,
came out in 2013, during a Q&A session with fellow actress Jennifer Veal
on YouTube, it made headlines. But Lucas didn’t see what all the fuss was
about, saying: “It feels so weird saying it on camera. My family and friends
have known for, like, three years, I just haven’t felt the need to announce it
on the Internet.” Still, there’s no denying the impact of his video. As Perez
Hilton said: “Hopefully his positive message helps any of his fans or followers
who are struggling to embrace theirs!”
CONNOR FRANTA
Subscribers: 4,497,228
Connor Franta came out on YouTube in December last year, when he had a
measly 3.6 million subscribers. Today, he boast almost 4.5 million, buoyed
no doubt by his much-publicised outing. In the video, which was covered
widely by news outlets around the world, Connor opens up about his
journey to acceptance. “I’m sitting here with no script, no plan, no fancy
editing, and I’m just gonna be really honest,” he said. “2014 is truly the year
that I have accepted who I am and become happy with that person.” That
video has amassed over 8 million views, and continues to help young gay
teens on their path to step outside the closet doors.
TROYE SIVAN
Subscribers: 3,348,064
Twenty-year-old Troye Sivan came out to half a million subscribers when he
was 18. The Perth-based actor, who played James Howlett in X-Men Origins:
Wolverine, posted a video in 2013 in which he admits to having felt different
all his life and has finally come to accept who he is. This was in part, he says,
thanks to other YouTube confessions he had watched when he was younger.
“Those people on YouTube, those brave, brave people on YouTube, without
them, I don’t really know where I’d be,” he said. And no doubt many are now
saying that about him.
JOEY GRACEFFA
Subscribers: 4,728,510
Joey Graceffa is the latest to come out on YouTube. But rather than confess on
camera, the YouTube star has used his coming out as the theme for the music
video of his debut single, ‘Don’t Wait’. Smart! Released last month, the fantasythemed clip features Graceffa in a world of witches and goblins. It ends, quite
touchingly, with a kiss from a handsome prince – a scene many of us have seen
in our mind’s eye ever since we watched our first Disney film. The video made
global headlines and garnered over 4.5 million views in just over a week. It also
prompted a host of reaction videos, many of which from – yep, you guessed
it – gushing gay male teens.
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A new cut of the 1998 film 54 features
more prominent gay themes and oozes
homoeroticism, raw drama and grit, just as
filmmaker Mark Christopher originally intended.
Colin Fraser reports.
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Treat yourself to a full body experience with celebrity bikini
waxer Rosa Waxoffski. She’ll take you on a prickly journey
through her childhood in Leningrad and spill the dirt from the
pages of her star-studded celebrity appointment book.
You’re also invited to join Rosa’s campaign to help her become
Australia’s very first entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015. Hair to the Throne also features special guest Boris
Longschlongadongski, Russia’s biggest pianist.
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Franky Walnut meets Bogan philosopher Cliffy for a pantssplitting night of homegrown humour, silly songs and
social satire. ‘Franky Walnut’ is the alter ego of pop singer/
songwriter turned comedian Keir Nuttal. Influenced by the
likes of John Williamson, Rodney Rude, Louis CK and more,
Nuttall has created an all-Australian character that gives Chad
Morgan a run for his money. He recently hit the nail on the
head with his debut, The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink
Coaster.
Greg Bird’s award-winning comedy character ‘Cliffy’ returns
to the stage after a long hiatus... waiting for compo that never
came. In this, the ‘International Year of the Bogan’, Cliffy
gives musical expression to the growing artistic movement
known as the ‘Bogan Renaissance’. Get in touch with your
inner Bogan, and join Cliffy as he pays tribute to our unique
Australian sub-culture.
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Cabaret is in Annie Lee’s blood. In 1995 in Dublin, Annie met
German cabaret legend Agnes Bernelle, with whom she made a
lasting friendship. Through Agnes, she discovered the haunting
songs of 1920s Weimar Republic, and further deepened her love
of European cabaret of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It’s since taken her
across the world to perform in Germany and Ireland.
Accompanied by the sensational Sallie Campbell on piano, Annie
Lee’s Barefoot Cabaret features the works of Bertolt Brecht and
Kurt Weill, as well as selections from Annie’s own original solo
cabaret shows.
So kick off your shoes and settle in for an hour of stirring, high-class
entertainment with two of Queensland’s best loved artists as Annie
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“Annie Lee is an accomplished actor as well as a superb singer
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Once a byword for decadence, Studio 54 was the ultimate
night out. New York’s Bacchanalian temple to dance
was the brain child of Steve Rubell, whose reputation
for living the high life, in all senses of the word, was the
stuff of legend. His was the only destination in town, a
place where door queues were for nothing because if you
weren’t on the list, you weren’t getting in.
Rubell had created a safe space of glorious, heaving
extravagance where anything went – drugs, sex, disco –
and the more you got, the better. Boundaries were for the
outside world because once through the hallowed doors,
all time, cares and responsibilities drifted away, replaced
by the pulsing beat and shimmering lights. Studio 54
was the greatest nightclub the world had ever seen, and
rather like the decade preceding disco, if you remember
being there, chances are you weren’t.
But nothing lasts forever; Rubell’s excess finally caught
up with him (along with the tax and police departments).
As quickly as the shine came off disco, so dimmed the
twinkling lights of a myriad mirror balls. The shutters
came down, and today the former dance palace is an
abandoned lot.
Jump forward two decades and Studio 54 was given a
second lease, at least on film. Seen through the naïve eyes
of young bartender Shane O’Shea (a buff Ryan Phillippe),
here was a glimpse inside Rubell’s fevered imagination
played with slimy conviction by a prosthetically enhanced
Mike Myers. Yet for all the drugs, sex and disco, not all
was as it was. Where was the notoriety? The gay sex,
the bi sex? Mostly on the cutting room floor as it turns
out. A hatchet job by nervous suits had turned 54 into
the bastard child of director Mark Christopher’s fevered
vision.
But in the decade and a half since 54 was released, the
world has moved on. In most quarters, same-sex marriage
is so yesterday and gay sex has become mandatory in
every cable drama. The time was right for Christopher to
take another run through the edit suite.
“In 1998 some felt it might be too edgy for a wide
audience,” he says. “So it was recut – one third went to
the floor and a half hour was reshot, losing most of what
was at the heart of the film: the sex, drugs, and bisexual
anti-hero.”
The result was so different, it was dubbed 55. It could be
said that 54 was ahead of its time, because in 1998 the
world wasn’t ready for the real 1970s.
Presenting 54: The Director’s Cut Christopher’s original
vision of untethered hedonism and sexual freedom as
seen by a nearly famous bisexual barman at the world’s
most infamous nightclub. Christopher trawled through
assorted bootlegs and VHS tapes – many marked for
destruction – to piece together 54 as first imagined. The
opening voice over of then 22-year-old Philippe reflecting
on his life as a 19-year-old has been re-recorded by the
now 40-year-old actor.
“To my knowledge, I don’t believe an actor has ever had
this opportunity to look back at himself a generation
later,” Christopher says. Yet he says the real thrill was
being able to restore his original story; to restore the
edgy, uncensored exhilaration that was free sexuality for
a pre-AIDS generation.
While 54 launched the careers of Philippe, Mark Ruffalo
and Selma Hayak, along with Ultra Naté’s ‘If You Could
Read My Mind’, the film’s essence was Disco Dottie,
played by the late Ellen Albertini Dow who died earlier
this month aged 101.
Dottie was the film’s heart, an octogenarian who simply
didn’t care what people did, didn’t care what people
thought. She was there for the family that being in Studio
54 was all about. She was there to dance, even if it killed her.
Freedom. That was Rubell’s gift. That was the spirit of
Studio 54.
For bookings and venue details, go to
queenslandcabaretfestival.com.au
ANNIE LEE’S BAREFOOT CABARET
Friday June 12, 2015
Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
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Shows at various locations throughout
Brisbane and Queensland.
It’s Lionel’s first time. You promise to
be gentle, right?
Lionel is new at this. In fact, he’s
working it out as he goes along.
Under duress from his terrifying
German therapist to ‘express
himself’, he has inadvertently found
himself in a cabaret. Lionel draws on
his limited knowledge of the style
and formidable Wikipedia skills to
hilariously stumble his way through
his hour on stage.
After covering sex, booze, boys and
mythical beasts, he finds that maybe
he’s not so bad at expressing himself
after all.
From the mischievous mind of one
of Queensland’s favourite actors,
Dash Kruck (A Tribute of Sorts, Jesus
Christ Superstar, [Title of Show],
Spring Awakening) and with original
music by Chris Perren (Nonsemble,
Trollop) this is an evening of cabaret
not soon forgotten.
“As tender and wonder filled as
it is funny, and as skilfully built as
any headline act… Dash Kruck is an
absolute star.” XS Entertainment
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