2006 MIDSUMMA SATURDAY AFTERNOON PLAYREADINGS
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BUTTERFLY CLUB, SOUTH MELBOURNE
Do you like the idea of relaxing on a Saturday afternoon, with a drink
in your hand and have a wonderful new play read to you by some of
Australia's leading actors?
After last year's sell-out season, Fly-On-The-Wall and The Butterfly
Club returns with the 2006 Midsumma Saturday Afternoon Playreadings -
four international gay plays by four gay playwrights over four
consecutive gay Saturday's.
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Saturday, 21 January @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.00pm
BLOWING WHISTLES
By Matthew Todd
An acclaimed drama about searing love, *** and gay pride... Nigel
loves his hedonistic lifestyle - he has a long-term boyfriend, goes
clubbing and has lots of *** in their open relation****p. Jamie, his
partner of ten years isn't sure things are so great... The night
before Pride, the couple discover ***boy_17 on Gaydar.co.uk. They plan
for a night of casual *** but their young guest has a very different
agenda... Blowing Whistles is a blisteringly honest account of a
modern gay lifestyle.
'Matthew Todd's brilliant play Blowing Whistles... this play is so
fantastically tough and tender that it often feels as if someone has
got you in a painful arm-lock, only to give you the sweetest, softest
kiss.' - Julie Burchill, The Times
'I was blown away. This is possibly the most moving and engrossing gay
play since Beautiful Thing.' - Mark St Andrews, Boyz
'Full marks to Matthew Todd who offers a refre****ngly comic take on the
difficulties of being gay and romantic. One ends up hoping that the
play, like the kid, gets picked up by someone kind, considerate and
loaded. It deserves a longer life.' - Dominic Cavendish, Daily
Telegraph
'Blowing Whistles is failsafe entertainment' - Jonathan Gibbs, Time Out
'One of the best gay plays to be premiered in years... I actually shed
a tear' - Gay.com
'Hysterical. Matthew Todd is a one man gay cultural revolution with
Wildean wit running through his veins. The buzz around this is almost
deafening so booking early is advised.'
- Evening Standard, Metro Life
'Wholly engaging and remarkably astute... By all accounts, as a gay
play it's unparalleled.'
- Mark Hill - Theatre Critic, South London Press
'.It's hard to find fault with this production ...a funny, ***y and
ultimately thought-provoking experience. Four stars. Highly
recommended!' - Rainbownetwork.com
'A wry, perceptive and very funny take on what gay pride means' - The
Times
'Controversial, ***y and very, very funny' - Attitude
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Saturday, 28 January @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.00pm
THE MASTER'S BOY
By Phil Willmott
The simmering obsessive lust of Strindberg's Miss Julie for her serving
man - Jean is translated by award-winning author Phil Willmott into a
sultry gay master/servant encounter. For a few chaotic days in 1926
Britain's working class went on strike and upper class youths took over
the jobs they'd abandoned. A blistering ***ual power struggle ensues
amongst the filth and grease of a depot at midnight between a striker
and the wealthy young man attempting to drive his bus. This play is
both a fascinating period piece and an exploration of gay lust and love
as a weapon of subjugation.
"This is the best gay play on the London fringe in years." - What's On
"Gutsily written... taut production"- Time Out
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Saturday, 04 February @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.00pm
ecstasy + GRACE
By James Martin Charlton
Once upon a time, Davy had visions of a better world. Now he competes.
Living in Amsterdam, managing Blackjack's **** Shop with his German
skinhead lover, Kai, Davy reckons he is doing just fine. Then Rae
appears from England to bring it all back home. But will that be enough
to save Pullet, the 13 year-old boy on Davy's payroll? Davy: "We
traffic in narcotics and children." ecstasy + GRACE is a mythic but
starkly realistic work dealing with the extremes to which the human
spirit can aspire to, or sink to.
"Powerfully thought-provoking and emotion-stirring..." - London
Theatre Guide
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Saturday, 11 February @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.00pm
NEW BOY
Adapted from the stage by Russell Labey
>From the best-selling novel by William Sutcliffe
Mark is a 17-year old who is anxious to finally get his *** life
jump-started. When "new boy" Barry, who has the face of an angel
and the body of a god [and the name of a plasterer!] begins cl***** at
Mark's all boys school, the two become fast friends. This new
relation****p allows Mark the op****tunity to experience his hormonal
aspirations vicariously through Barry's exploits. Through it all, the
two boys develop a very close bond that could ultimately change the
course of their lives.
"Labey's play clever reworks Sutcliffe's enormously popular
novel, and his stage adaptation makes a thoroughly enjoyable
evening..." - What's On
"Smart, entertaining stuff... somewhere between Adrian Mole and
Holden Caulfield..." - The Mail On Sunday
"Adolescent desire, burgeoning ***uality, loss of virginity and
cross-generational ***, all deftly handled in a cracking script..."
- The Guardian
"Compelling, fast, funny, scintillating..." - The Scotsman
The Butterfly Club
204 Bank Street,
South Melbourne, 3205
Saturday, 21 & 23 January
Saturday, 04 & 11 February
2.00pm sharp
Note: Plays contains high-level ***ual content and explicit language.
Bookings: 9690 2000 [Limited seating!]
info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
open [30 minutes prior and throughout]
Smoke Free
No wheelchair access (unfortunately!)
No childcare facilities
For further enquries contact me - Theatrewhistler -
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