Professional Documents
Culture Documents
19 JAN – 9 FEB
2020
194 events • 22 days • midsumma.org.au
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Welcome
About Midsumma Judy Small Aaron Martin Foley MP Sally Capp Rachel Slade
Midsumma Festival is Australia’s premier queer arts and cultural
Midsumma Festival Co-Chair O’Shannessy Minister for Creative Industries Lord Mayor of Melbourne Chief Customer Experience Officer &
Minister for Equality Executive Co-Sponsor, NAB Pride
organisation, bringing together a diverse mix of LGBTQIA+ artists, Midsumma Festival Co-Chair
performers, communities and audiences.
In Victoria, we begin every year with a The colour and joy of the Midsumma Festival We’re back again this year and we’re looking
Every January, Midsumma Festival expands over 22 days of summer celebration of pride. shines in January and the City of Melbourne forward to another successful Midsumma
Welcome to Midsumma Festival 2020! We are thrilled to welcome you
with an explosion of queer events that spring forth from the welcomes the brilliant atmosphere and Festival. It’s always a great time of year to
on behalf of the Midsumma board as its first co-chairs. We recognise Each Midsumma, Victoria’s LGBTIQ
underground, fringe, and mainstream, at the very forefront of local, community pride it brings. connect and celebrate with our community.
the amazing contribution to the festival of our predecessor John communities come together to celebrate
national and international queer culture. The Midsumma Festival Caldwell and assure you we will do our best to fill his rather large shoes. and share their lived experience through More than 284,000 people took part in the As we enter our eighth year of partnership
program shares with you the lived experiences of those voices at the
an eclectic program spanning exhibitions, 2019 festival, with 118,000 enjoying the we continue to witness growth in festival
margins, the expression of queer history, and the celebration of new Midsumma is 33 years old and the program prepared by our fabulous
theatre, cabaret and music, to film, dance, Midsumma Carnival at Alexandra Gardens. attendances and the deepening of the rich
ideas that come to life through world-class art and performance. Midsumma team is as exciting, challenging and affirming as ever.
spoken-word and social events for all ages. stories being shared. Congratulations to the
Each year the curated Midsumma Presents component goes from This festival unites people through arts and
Our festival program is made up of diverse art forms and genres, Midsumma team for putting together such a
strength to strength, highlighting new creative voices and important The Midsumma Festival kicks off our culture and brings our city to life. Please
including visual arts, live music, theatre, spoken word, cabaret, film, diverse and exciting program of events.
stories that might not otherwise be seen or heard. Following on state’s cultural calendar with a diverse come and enjoy fabulous music, film and
parties, sport, social events and public forums. Featuring 194 events from the tremendous success of the signature project BODY last showcase of work by more than 5000 dance, the talks and sports and everything At NAB, we continue to be advocates of
in 2020, with involvement by over 5000 culture-makers in over 94 year we are thrilled to again produce a mini festival within a festival, artists featuring nearly 200 events across that is Midsumma. inclusion for sexuality and gender diverse
different venues across Melbourne and greater Victoria – ‘Queer Unsettled’. This project will shine the light on diverse Queer Melbourne and regional Victoria. communities. We strive to build an inclusive
to anticipated audiences of over 284,000. perspectives from across our region of the world. The City of Melbourne cherishes our
environment for our employees and
This year is extra special with Pride March reputation as a welcoming and inclusive
Although the primary three-week festival is held in summer each customers where everyone can be their
We hope you will take the opportunity to take in as much of it as your celebrating its 25th anniversary, giving us a city. We encourage fairness and respect and
year, we work year-round to provide artists, social-changers and whole self, regardless of how one identifies.
bodies, minds and hearts can manage. Sleep? What sleep? Come and chance to reflect on how far we have come have proudly supported Midsumma for many
culture-makers with support and tools to create, present and This year, we’re focussing on unlocking the
celebrate our diverse and wonderful community with us from Carnival in the journey for equality and inspiring us to years. By making visible, and celebrating
promote their work. power of intersectional stories.
to Pride March and beyond – there is much to discover! build upon a history of achievement. countless stories, Midsumma encourages
Over 33 years we have evolved with our communities and respect for people of all backgrounds. To all the volunteers and artists, thank you for
Happy Midsumma Festival 2020! The Victorian Government is proud to partner
repositioned ourselves as a relevant cultural influencer and thought injecting the festival with energy and passion.
with events such as Midsumma Festival, as Almost half of the events are free and
leader, while keeping learning and diversity at our heart. We have I look forward to joining the festivities.
one of the many ways we are supporting attendance numbers continue to grow.
experienced rapid growth in audiences, breadth and scope of artist
our LGBTIQ communities. Celebrations For everyone attending, whether it’s your
and community engagement, and depth of artistic partnerships. I congratulate the organisers and wish all
like Midsumma send a loud message, that first time or if you’ve lost count, we hope
taking part, a spectacular Midsumma 2020.
While we stay committed to our roots, we have matured to become in Victoria – who you are is not only good that you continue to celebrate your true
one of Australia’s most significant queer arts organisations, enough, it is worth celebrating. authentic self.
supporting generations of LGBTQIA+ cultural voices, developing
A huge thank you and congratulations to Happy Midsumma!
artists and facilitating important artistic conversations that help
everyone involved in this year’s program
shape queer art and culture for the future.
– from the staff and volunteers, to the
Welcome to Midsumma Festival in the new decade. performers, the artists and the audiences
who bring their sparkle and joy to Midsumma
each year.
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Contents
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You & I Leather Lungs
Image by Image by
Katie Bennett Sanjeev Singh
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Ticketing
Ticketing Information 10
Thomas Jaspers is Revolting Once Upon a
Access Events & Information 54–55 Drag Story Time
Signature Events Image by Nayt Housman
Midsumma Carnival 12
Midsumma Pride March 14 Faguette Film 61 Kids & Families 67–70 Pacific Essence: Tales of a Migrant Plantation
Queer Unsettled: Midsumma Major Project 18 Flat-Earthers: The Musical Park Lounge
Documentary Screening: Becoming Colleen All In Family Circus
Midsumma Presents 20 Flesh Coloured Panties Presents...
Music 47–49 Picnic at Forest Glade
MQFF @ The Drive-In Brass Monkeys
Midsumma Hubs GIRLKING / The Venusian Slip Bowie Ball Queer Zine & Art Fair
Underground Queer Cinema Presents: Weekend Children Are Stinky
Theatre Works Hub 23 Hello! Hi! My name is Shannon. Quick question: Chlorophyll Rainbow Pride in Altona
How To Be A Rockstar
Arts Centre Melbourne Hub 24
how does an adult make new friends? FAMILI
Talks, Tours & Workshops 62–65 Kid-aoke
Gasworks Arts Park Hub 24
How Gay Am I? Fem Fantasy
A Conversation with Friends Midsumma Carnival Families Precinct
Parties 78–82
The Hare Hole Hub Jinxed! Goddess Grooves @ the Wesley Anne 3D: Deaf, Draws, Drinks
25 AIDS Memorial Garden Walking Tour Once Upon A Drag Storytime
Chapel Off Chapel Hub Joel Creasey in The Boy, George Homophonic! ADAM
25 Ama-Zine Adventures in Remaking History Over 60 / Under 10 the Show
Rainbow Families at The Melba Spiegeltent Judy Garland: A Star is Born Kira Puru at Heide ADAM & EVEryone
26 Bearing Witness Through Creative Writing Queerspawn
Midsumma Westside Lashes MGLC 30th Anniversary Launch with Lachlan Philpott ADAM's Pool Party
26 QWere Street 2020
Leather Lungs: Son of a Preacher POWER ft imbi the girl: Women and Culture x Gender ALL SORTS
Rainbow Families Storytelling Workshop
Performance 28–45 Leopard Print Loincloth Non-Binary Artists in Music
Fabulous Fitzroy on Foot
Rainbow Family Dance Club
All The Queens Men Trivia Night
.CHURCH. Love By The Hour POWER ft HANDSOME: Women and Feral Queer Camp Blanke Pop
Non-Binary Artists in Music Rainbow Family Free Workshops
#Hypocrisy – Imogen Stirling Mama Alto: Torch Songs Feral Queer Camp: Picnic in the Park Drop Deadly Gorgeous: The Pageant
Queer-A-Go-Go Rainbow Family Storytime
#TayLurking Man Up! Half Baked: Two Quirkshops for the Girls at Sea
Rainbow Effect Sing-A-Long Dragtime
20 Fabulous Years of Tammie Brown Midsumma Extravaganza Fabulously Bent with JulieMc McNamara GIVE ME LIFE
The Robot
New Balance In Conversation: ACT UP with Monica Pearl
A Place at the Table: New Stories of the Familiar
NOW this body WHAT
Visual Arts 51–59 & Brenton Geyer Tumbles and Tricks
Homo Erotica
ACEtravaganza Miss Gay & Miss Trans Australia International 2020
Awakening Living Out Loud
Adam by Frances Poet One Pan Cooking
Company of Men Exhibition 2020 Nevo Zisin: Desert Island Reads
Youth 71 Motafrenz Magical Mystery Tour
After Dark Over The Rainbow Cabaret Nocturnal x Midsumma: Lunar New Year Disco
Creating Community in Melbourne's West Over 60 / Under 10 Escape Velocity: We Are Who We Are
Archer Magazine's First Nations Issue Launch PO PO MO CO presents Summer of the 17th Doll NudeManFest
D.R.A.G. Pleasure & Sub Cultures – Documenting Mad Hatter Tea Party
As One Poorly Drawn Shark NUDIES Nude Masquerade Ball
Dark Sepia Melbourne's Leather Scene Midsumma Carnival Youth Precinct with Minus18
Bearlesque Queen Bette Popchops Presents: Cool 4 the Summa
Punking Dramatics Teens Flying & Fun
Dis-Morphia
Belinda Hanne Reid: Love, Rorem Queer Playwriting Award Showcase Queer Pool Party
Teach-in: Assemble, Advocate & Activate
Frontier
Big Glittery Sh!tshow Queer Quickies
Future Histories
with Monica Pearl Community & Culture 74–75 Sunday at the Baths: Queer Soirée
Birdoir Queer-aoke The Gays Are Revolting Live The Cat Eats Dickalicious
Inner Threads A Summer Mass
BLOW Rapid Fire Trans and Gender Diverse: Questions and Answers Westgay
Let's Eat Cake Gay Stuff Markets
Boobs Rust Updating Our Stories, Healing Our Lives
Love, Hugs + Kisses Hits and Giggles
Boys Night Out: Work in Progress Showing Sugarbabies: A Boylesque Musical Waacking Intensive
Midsumma Carnival
Sports 84–85
Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award
Cavemen by Angus Cameron SWEETie Glam Slam at the Australian Open
Out Midsumma Pride March
Circle That Time Everything Went Well and Midsumma Carnival Sports Precinct
We Were Totally Fine Out Is Out
Confessions of a Mormon Boy Nomads Parklands and Heritage Tour
The Boy I Paid For PINK
Confetti: Pretty, but a bit of a mess Nomads Scenic Urban Cycling
The Campaign Postcards from the Edge
Daddy Serve It, Smash It, Love It
The Feather in the Web Queer in Kingston
Dahlin! It's The Jeanne Little Show
Sensitive Sweethearts
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The Rise and Fall of Saint George Sugarbabies: Information
Dean Arcuri is Yours Sincerely
The Top Secret Violin Case Sight for Sore Eyes A Boylesque Our People & Patrons
Deep Soulful Sweats 87
Musical. Image by
This Bitter Earth STATEMENT and (an) Archive of Yearning Our Valued Partners
Doing Gender: Old-school Storytelling, Fred Lemarche 89
Thomas Jaspers is Revolting Sweat @theboyproject Venue Maps
New School Stories
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Unmasking Prince Charming The Campaign in Process CBD
Dolly Diamond & The Jack Earle Big Band 91
Untouchables The Naked Ambassadors North
DRAG A THON 92
The Sky After Rain Lashes
Elton John: Your Song What a Drag! 2020 – Back to the 80's South 93
Image by
When the Light Leaves Under the Dome of Heaven Evan Fowler West/East
Endings/Beginnings 94
Whoop Dee Doo: Another Late Night Revue Venus in Thorns Photography
Eyes Wide Woke
You & I What Remains
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Midsumma
Pride March
Celebrating 25 years,
Marching with Pride
In 2020, the 25th anniversary of Pride March will grace the streets
of St Kilda on Sunday 2 February 2020.
The march sure has grown, from the original gathering of 11,000
people, to estimated audiences in 2019 coming in at 53,000.
Pride March is
lovers, and as ally or as queer, Midsumma Pride March is a time for
you to celebrate who you are.
Midsumma Pride March will commence at 11am from Ian Johnson Oval,
and sashay the kilometre-long route, taking over Fitzroy St.
Revving up the rally is the much-loved pre-march procession celebrating 25 years
by Dykes on Bikes followed by thousands of marchers led by
Midsumma’s Rainbow Aboriginal Pride.
Pride March 2019 – Image by Suzanne Balding Images by Virginia Selleck and Angela Bailey
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Queer Unsettled #midsumma midsumma.org.au
Presented by
Gorgeous:
The Pageant
Unsettled
Midsumma Festival and
Year Disco
Immigration Museum Presented by Midsumma Festival,
31 Jan Abbotsford Convent and
by Jonathan Homsey featuring Weird Alice
Pangina Heals and Chrissy Chou Immigration Museum
9 Feb
Produced and presented by Midsumma Festival Presented by Midsumma Festival Rainbow Chan’s glitchy
Abbotsford Convent
and Melbourne Museum pop beats and sweet
Provocative and unearthing, Queer Unsettled synth melodies in the Weird Alice hosts eight artists
celebrates stories from Pacific womxn of colour, 7 Feb Immigration Museum’s competing for the title of Queer
Indigenous perspectives, Drag Race darlings from Melbourne Museum hidden city courtyard. Supreme. Pageants are no longer
just about beauty and superiority.
Thailand, dance stars from Taiwan, asylum seekers Celebrate Lunar New Year in true This comedic take at pageant
from Iran and queer diaspora communities as RuPaul style. Punk and waack (or culture has a queer twist.
they take up space through storytelling, live music, dance however you like) under the
disco balls inside Nocturnal and Image by
multi-disciplinary moving-image installations,
immersive performance, new work exhibitions,
experience Melbourne Museum
after dark. See pg 82 for details. Pg 49
Image by
Hyun Lee Pg 79
Acacia Christensen +
Kyla Parry
Dark Sepia
Presented by Midsumma
the unpacking of daddy issues, and a punking
How to Enter the Competition Festival and Incinerator Gallery
and waacking dance-off after dark. Got what it takes to compete in this
disco? Minimal experience necessary,
Daddy Kira Puru at Heide 21 Jan – 22 Mar
sass required. To register, select Image by Chaiharn by Joel Bray Presented by Midsumma Incinerator Gallery
Participate when you purchase your Ratavan ft Pangina Heals. Festival and Heide
Presented by Midsumma Festival Museum of Modern Art
entry ticket. Courtesy of Drag
Pg 82 Race Thailand
and Arts Centre Melbourne
9 Feb
4 – 8 Feb
Heide Museum
BLOW FAMILI Arts Centre Melbourne of Modern Art
by FAFSWAG and Jaycee Tanuvasa by Ripley Kavara aka Wahe According to the ABC ‘Daddy A force to be reckoned with, Kira Puru
demonstrates that we are is recognised for her dynamic live
Presented by Midsumma Festival, Presented by Midsumma Festival
living in a blak queer cultural performances and genre-defying writing
FAFSWAG and Abbotsford Convent and Abbotsford Convent
renaissance.’ Hilarious, style. Witness this vocal powerhouse in
8 Feb 6 Feb provocative and featuring the stunning gardens of Heide Museum
Exploring trust, listening and
his trademark confection of of Modern Art.
Abbotsford Convent Abbotsford Convent respect, an exhibition of carving,
conversation, dance and all-you-
tattooing, drawing, painting,
Experience a celebration of Indigenous A live performance, EP launch, and can-eat audience participation.
recycling and printmaking by
femmes and Pacific womxn of colour showcase of queer Pasifika and First Melbourne-based visual artist,
told through cultural drag, vogue Nation musicians featuring Wahe, Image (right) by Tama Sharman born
dance and ballroom culture. Samoan Lay the Mystic, Luscious, Kalala, Pg 33 Image by James Henry Pg 48 Tama Sharman Pg 52 in Aotearoa.
performance artist Jaycee Tanuvasa Lonelspeck, Iki Finau, Bella Waru,
assembles a cast of misfits and movers Meleika Gesa & Fatafehi.
The Sky After Rain Pacific Essence: A Sight for Sore Eyes
آسمان بعد از باران
to take up space through sisterhood
and solidarity with local artists and
performers, set to a backdrop of live
electronic and vogue music, designed
Tales of a Migrant by Pierra Van Sparkes and Indiah Money
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#midsumma midsumma.org.au
Presents
Presented by Midsumma Festival
Presented by Midsumma Festival
and Arts Centre Melbourne
and Australia Post
Arts Centre Melbourne
No Vacancy Gallery
8 Feb 29 Jan – 9 Feb
Experience fresh collaborations Watch on the big screen the Escape
Velocity films created by trans and
The annual Midsumma and Australia
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midsumma.org.au
Midsumma
Hubs
We are proud to introduce
to you our Midsumma Hubs
for the 2020 Festival.
These Midsumma Hub venues are
dedicated to providing you with a diverse
showcase of events, across the 22 day
festival, to enrich your Midsumma Festival
2020 experience. Never miss a beat,
with Midsumma Hubs there is something
to see or do every day of the week.
Theatre
Bearing Witness Through
Creative Writing
Pg 63
27 – 31 Jan
Works
Birdoir
Pg 31
28 Jan – 1 Feb
Hub
Leopard Print Loincloth
Pg 36
4 – 8 Feb
New Balance
Pg 37
Located in the heart of St Kilda, Theatre Works 4 – 8 Feb
transforms into a playful, provoking and proud
Midsumma Festival Hub in 2020. Showcasing Poorly Drawn Shark
Pg 38
work from around the country, Theatre Works
19 Jan – 26 Jan
invites you to join us for an unstitched patchwork
of queer lives in queer times, a tender confession Queer Quickies
about how a man and his cheekbones can upend Pg 38
your entire life, a hilarious and brutal takedown 1 Feb
of Australia’s fetishisation of Asia and, of course,
This Bitter Earth
high-glamour cabaret performed by a troupe of Pg 41
hideous human-bird hybrid freaks. The Theatre 19 Jan – 2 Feb
Works Midsumma Hub will be a unique, exciting
and uniting place. And it will be gay. Really gay.
Theatre Works
14 Acland St,
St Kilda
Image by presentedbybub
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Arts Centre The Hare
Boobs #TayLurking Faguette
Pg 32 Pg 28 Pg 34
29 Jan – 1 Feb 4 – 5 Feb 4 – 5 Feb
#Hypocrisy – Gay Stuff Markets
Daddy Imogen Stirling Pg 74
Hub
We Are Who We Are 6 Feb
Pg 71 Judy Garland: A Star is Born
The Hare Hole is Melbourne’s home
8 Feb ACEtravaganza Pg 36
of emerging artists, hybrid art forms Pg 29 23 – 24 Jan
Flat-Earthers: The
and queer ideas. For 28 years Hares & 25 Jan One Pan Cooking
Musical, Staged Reading Hyenas has embodied queer community A Conversation Pg 37
A kaleidoscope of life-affirming treats are Pg 35 engagement, giving a platform to with Friends 21 – 22 Jan
waiting for you at Arts Centre Melbourne. The 31 Jan intersectional communities and artists to Pg 62 PO PO MO CO presents
provoke, question and be heard. Its open 20 Jan Summer of the 17th Doll
line-up boasts an electronic choral celebration
Midsumma A Place at the Table: New Pg 38
of resilience and community, a delicious content policy combined with its values of
Extravaganza Stories of the Familiar 31 Jan – 1 Feb
confection of dance and storytelling, an Pg 37 providing a welcoming space encourages
Pg 29 Queer Zine & Art Fair
inspiring tale of body autonomy, an emerging 1 Feb work that is fresh, relevant and vitally
23 Jan Pg 75
musical comedy and a vital film project important. Our 2020 Midsumma program
Doing Gender: Old- 1 Feb
made with trans and gender non-conforming The Rise and Fall of brings together speakers, artists and
Saint George school Storytelling, New Rapid Fire
young people. To top it all off is the highly performers from multiple disciplines and
Pg 41 School Stories Pg 39
anticipated return of the star-studded and numerous identities – from the emerging Pg 33
23 – 24 Jan 3 Feb
extra-glamourous extravaganza! There really to the familiar and established, from those 29 Jan
is something for everyone, so join us and Teach-in: Assemble,
embedded in the queer community to Elton John: Your Song Advocate & Activate
embrace these amazing artists. those who defy classification. Pg 34 Pg 65
8 Feb 21 Jan
Arts Centre Melbourne Hares & Hyenas
100 St Kilda Rd, Endings/Beginnings The Cat Eats Dickalicious
63 Johnston St, Pg 34
Melbourne Pg 81
Fitzroy 30 Jan 7 Feb
Image by David Harris Image by Hares & Hyenas
Gasworks Chapel
Awakening
Adam by Frances Poet Queen Bette
Pg 51
Pg 29 Pg 38
21 Jan – 9 Feb
4 – 8 Feb 21 – 25 Jan
Confessions of a Mormon Boy
Big Glittery Sh!tshow Queer Playwriting Pg 32
Hub
Angus Cameron The Campaign
Hub
Joel Creasey in
Pg 32 Pg 41
The Boy, George
28 Jan 22 Jan – 1 Feb
Pg 36
29 – 31 Jan
Deep Soulful Sweats The Campaign
Pg 33 in Process POWER ft imbi the girl:
Gasworks Arts Park is a southside hub for Midsumma 31 Jan – 1 Feb Pg 58 For over 20 years Chapel Off Chapel has Women and Non-Binary
20 Jan – 8 Feb Artists in Music
Festival and a summer destination for high quality established itself as an iconic Australian
Flesh Coloured Pg 49
entertainment, provocative art and fun nights out with live theatre and music venue. Located 24 Jan
Panties Presents… When the Light Leaves
friends. Enjoy balmy summer evenings in our gorgeous Pg 35 Pg 44 just off Chapel Street, Prahran you will
POWER ft HANDSOME:
park and grab a drink from the bar before venturing 8 Feb 29 Jan – 1 Feb find a vibrant hub of theatre, musicals, Women and Non-Binary
into our theatres and galleries for a veritable feast of cabaret, dance, comedy and live music. Artists in Music
circus, cabaret, theatre, play readings, participatory Jinxed! You & I Consisting of three performance spaces Pg 49
Pg 35 Pg 45 25 Jan
performances and exhibitions. Our Melbourne exclusive and Melbourne’s most welcoming foyer.
21 – 25 Jan 22 – 25 Jan
season of Casus Circus’ critically acclaimed You & I Come and experience Midsumma in all its Sugarbabies:
is a must-see. In their most daring and intimate work, glory – LIVE, INTIMATE AND ICONIC. A Boylesque Musical
Once Upon A
Pg 39
this international award-winning company explores a Drag Storytime
23 – 25 Jan
loving relationship between two men through daring Pg 68
24 Jan Unmasking Prince Charming
acrobatics, trapeze and dance.
Pg 44
Gasworks Arts Park Chapel Off Chapel 23 – 25 Jan
21 Graham St, 12 Little Chapel St, What a Drag! 2020 –
Albert Park Image by Chris Bennett, Back to the 80’s
Prahran
Underground Media Image by Cam Cook ft Joel Creasey Pg 44
22 8 Feb 23
All In Family Circus Rainbow Families
RAINBOW FAMILIES
Pg 67 Storytelling Workshop
25 Jan Pg 69 Arts Centre Melbourne and Midsumma Festival with Trevor Ashley Enterprises and Thomas Jaspers present
24 Jan
MIDSUMMA
Brass Monkeys
The Melba
Pg 67 Rainbow Family
22 – 23 Jan Dance Club
Pg 69
Children Are Stinky 25 Jan
Pg 68
Spiegeltent
21 – 22 Jan Rainbow Family
Free Workshops
How To Be A Rockstar Pg 69
Pg 68 21 – 25 Jan
EXTRAVAGANZA
24 – 25 Jan
SIng-A-Long Dragtime
The Melba Spiegeltent and Circus Oz will
Kid-aoke Pg 70
be transformed into the Rainbow Families Pg 68 22 Jan, 24 Jan
Hub for Midsumma 2020. There are 5 days 21 Jan, 23 Jan
of inclusive programming all designed to Teens Flying & Fun
celebrate what makes us feel special and Over 60/Under 10 Pg 71
Pg 64 23 Jan
encourage people to tell their own stories.
Free activities include: make your own
21 – 22 Jan
The Robot
AN ALL-STAR VARIETY SHOW OF EPIC PROPORTIONS!
Family Flags, wearable art and Magazines Over 60/Under 10 Pg 70
(supported by Archer Magazine). The Show 23 Jan, 25 Jan
Pg 68
22 Jan Tumbles and Tricks
Pg 70
Over the Rainbow Cabaret 21 – 24 Jan
Pg 38
The Melba Spiegeltent
25 Jan
35 Johnston Street,
Collingwood Queerspawn
Pg 69
24 Jan
MIDSUMMA
Creating Community in Postcards from the Edge
Melbourne’s West Pg 57
Pg 52 20 Jan – 8 Feb
19 Jan – 9 Feb
Rainbow Family Storytime
WESTSIDE
D.R.A.G Pg 69
Pg 52 24 Jan
22 Jan – 8 Feb
Rainbow Pride in Altona
Frontier Pg 75
Pg 52 8 Feb
Midsumma Westside is a collaboration of Melbourne’s
31 Jan – 13 Feb
western region Councils in partnership with Midsumma. STATEMENT and (an)
It is a sumptuous slice of Midsumma Festival that Living Out Loud Archive of Yearning
programs the wonderful array of events taking place Pg 64 Pg 57
5 Feb 8 – 9 Feb
in the west. With exhibitions, tea parties, live music,
performances, storytelling, picnics and even a pageant THE L
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ANNU OF
Mad Hatter Tea Party That Time Everything
show, the west is set to come alive. Midsumma Pg 71 Went Well and We
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Westside invites you to GO WEST this summer! 22 Jan Were Totally Fine
NIGH TS!
Miss Gay & Miss Trans
Pg 39
7 Feb NIG H
Australia International
2020 Venus in Thorns HOSTED BY BOB DOWNE & KIRSTY WEBECK
Pg 80 Pg 58
1 Feb 22 Jan – 1 Feb PLUS A KALEIDOSCOPE OF LGBTIQ+ TALENT INCLUDING NATH VALVO,
Out Is Out Westgay DOLLY DIAMOND, PANGINA HEALS, TOM BALLARD AND MORE...
Pg 53 Pg 81
6 Feb – 8 Mar 18 Jan
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Cabaret Cabaret
Performance .CHURCH.
The stage is holy & this is how
we pray.
20 Fabulous Years
of Tammie Brown
"Well come on Teletubby!
Queerly beloved, we are gathered Teleport us to Mars!"
here to worship all that glitters, all
Join international drag celebrity,
the shade, and those that are not
activist, star of The Browns &
afraid!
The Toff in Town, Melbourne CBD The Melba - Spiegeltent, Collingwood RuPaul's Drag Race, Tammie
23-26 Jan 1hr 30m We've prepared a service that will 2 Feb 1hr 45m Brown in Melbourne exclusively for
Thu-Sun 8:30pm have kings, kweens and everyone in Sun 6pm & 8.30pm Midsumma!
betweens feeling born again, and
$32 full | $27 conc | $35 door sale $45 full Enjoy the strange and wondrous
have you gagging for more. This
Nudity | Coarse language | Strobe Presented by BUFF Events musings of this fabulously eccentric
is your explosive celebration of
lights | Smoke/Haze icon as she hits the stage in a way
ground-breaking circus, burlesque, Image: by Thomas Evans Photography
Presented by Highway Robbery that only Tammie can. It will be a
sideshow and cabaret aimed to
Productions deliciously outlandish evening of
leave you dripping with sin. Because
Image: featuring Archie Arsenic music and storytelling.
let's face it, sin is in.
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Performance #midsumma Performance midsumma.org.au
Cabaret Cabaret
ft
and those that love them. Come cabaret artist and mezzo-soprano
$30 full $37 full | $32 conc
and celebrate body positivity and Belinda Hanne Reid, along with
Nudity expressions of all types in the Image: by 3Fates Media celebrated concert pianist Coady
ultimate art of tease. Green, present an exquisite night of
song, story and love.
+
Circus Cabaret
HANDSOME
you've been waiting for.
Welcome to Birdoir, a surreal
Strap in and strap on with Jack escape where world-weary lounge
Wilde & Shona Cona for a hilariously singers warble from the confines
sexy, jaw dropping circus spectacle, of dirty cages, decrepit fowl ruffle
overflowing with glitter, cupcake what remains of their threadbare
24 & 25 JAN
Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre, Theatre Works, St Kilda plumage, and thirsty cabaret
frosting, and a butt-load of dildos.
Albert Park 28 Jan-1 Feb 50m starlings peck furiously at rancid
4-8 Feb 1hr "Hilarious, stupid fun!" - The Oz Gazette cuttlefish martinis. Featuring a
Tue-Sat 9:30pm
Boys Night Out: Cavemen by Angus Dean Arcuri is Yours Deep Soulful Sweats
Work in Progress Cameron Sincerely Exorcise through exercise
Showing A reading of a new work Moving forward doesn't mean An open invitation for anyone
forgetting where we've come and everyone to come together
Olympia Bukkakis is ready to Tim's a cub from the country,
and exorcise through exercise. A
cut sick with the boys! whereas Mike is an outer-suburbs from
guided astrological dance, DSS
otter. The bear from the bush is With real life accounts from LGBT
Comedic, moving and brutal, Boys creates collective experiences for
Abbotsford Convent - Dorm One, Gasworks Arts Park - Studio Theatre, called Chris. And Oscar? A wolf, The Butterfly Club, Melbourne CBD elders, Dean Arcuri takes us back in Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre,
Night Out combines drag, dance audiences to come together in
Abbotsford Albert Park from the wealthy inner-east. 27 Jan-1 Feb 1hr time this Midsumma. With musical Albert Park
and performance to investigate ecstatic, inclusive and unrehearsed
30 Jan-1 Feb 1hr 28 Jan 1hr Over the years, beginning as a hits from the past, find out why it 31 Jan-1 Feb 1hr
sexuality, class, gender and race Mon-Sat 8:30pm performance with no spectators.
couple and two friends, these four wasn't all fun and games, but life
Thu-Sat 8pm
in the white Australian psyche.
Tue 9pm $35 full | $31 conc Fri, Sat 7:30pm Framed by a tongue-in-cheek
gay men criss-cross lives, drifting was still a party!
$10 full Olympia Bukkakis uses comedy, $20 full | $15 conc $25 full | $20 conc approach to the zodiac, it is an
from Melbourne to New York, Presented by The Butterfly Club
Adult themes movement, and storytelling to Coarse language | Adult themes Medium fitness level required
immersive ritual for all, no dance or
London & Singapore; from saunas, Inspired by the stories of those that
investigate how different narrative performance experience required.
Presented by Midsumma Festival Presented by Angus Cameron and to drag shows, to beats & doofs. have come before us, Dean Arcuri is Presented by Gasworks Arts Park and
styles in Australian history create Gasworks Arts Park But what are they looking for and Yours Sincerely. Deep Soulful Sweats Wear clothes you can move in!
Image: by Andrew Burford
the conditions we live in today. Image: By Suzanne Balding why is the sex so important? Image: by Phill Kitt
Confessions of a Confetti: Pretty, but a Doing Gender: Old- Dolly Diamond &
Mormon Boy bit of a mess school Storytelling, The Jack Earle Big
The Off-Broadway Solo Hit "More pop than a freshly New School Stories Band
opened Pringles packet!" - The Doing gender, not having it A night of sumptuous sounds
Internationally acclaimed solo
performer Steven Fales' true story Upside News done to you!
The fabulous Dolly Diamond and
about a young dad who loses Ashy will take you back to the
Living, breathing storytelling and friends are joined by The Jack Earle
Chapel Off Chapel - The Loft, Prahran everything when he comes out and The Butterfly Club, Melbourne CBD days of using your hairbrush as a Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas), Fitzroy Hawthorn Arts Centre, Hawthorn
spoken word that speaks to the Big Band for an exuberant evening
7-9 Feb 1hr 35m what he does to survive until he 3-8 Feb 1hr microphone. With 90s music like 29 Jan 7 Feb 1hr 50m
diversity, complexity and hilarity of tunes and cheek at the beautiful
gets his smile back. Spice Girls, N'Sync, Vengaboys &
Fri 8pm | Sat 2pm & 8pm | Sun 1pm & Mon-Sat 8:30pm Wed 7:30-10:30pm of being human in the world right Fri 8pm Hawthorn Arts Centre. Enjoy
Sun 5pm "Bares his chest, heart and soul. A more. It follows Ashy's hilarious cabaret style seating and a musical
$35 full | $31 conc | $28 group (min 6) $15 full | $10 conc now. Come and be part of our $38 full | $32 conc
$35 full | $28 group (min 6) compelling and uplifting experience." true coming of age story dealing celebration not to be missed.
Coarse language | Sexual References Coarse language | Reference to sexual community performing and playing Smoke/Haze
wwwww - DNA with unsolicited advice on weight
Sex scenes | References to drug use Image: Ashy Rose by Alexis Desaulniers- violence | Drug use and suicide references with the constraints of the binary Presented by Boroondara Arts
"There's something here that every gay loss, low self esteem, falling in love
Presented by Gooding Productions and man can relate to." wwwww - Gay Times Lea Photography Presented by queerspace and Melbourne and telling the tale of what happens
with gay best friends, insane dating Image: by Elliot Moody
NF2 Productions (UK) Spoken Word when you do.
stories, alcoholism, money & trust
"Hilarious." - Chicago Sun-Times Image: by Brendan Bonsack
issues and an obsession with drag.
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Leather Lungs: Son Leopard Print New Balance NOW this body
of a Preacher Loincloth Who do you hold accountable WHAT
for all the things you were Performative interventions
never told? and installations in a subdued
A master of falsetto and stiletto This play is about what happens
with a phenomenal vocal range when you leave a bunch of guys in From the winners of the inaugural nightclub environment
spanning over four octaves, this a room together. It's about stubble Midsumma & Melbourne Fringe
Choreography, light and spatial
Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose daring deviant marries savage wit, Theatre Works, St Kilda and kindness and that hot guy you Theatre Works, St Kilda
Queer Development Award Temperance Hall, South Melbourne evolutions meet an atmosphere of
Potter Salon, Southbank outrageous innuendo, and a voice saw on the train and the way that (Intoxication). Woven together from
4-8 Feb 2hrs 20m 4-8 Feb 1hr 1 Feb 2hrs experimental, ambient techno. Luigi
to die for, to drag you screaming his chest smells. It's about boys intersecting stories of the queer
31 Jan 1hr Tue-Sat 9pm Tue-Sat 7pm Sat 8pm Vescio and local artists will animate
with laughter into an explosion of and it's about hating yourself. It's experience, playwright Christopher
Fri 7pm Preview, Relaxed: 4 Feb 7pm this durational consideration of
powerhouse party anthems by The $32 full | $27 conc about plays about men being the Bryant tells a story that emerges $29 full | $22 conc
$31 full | $25 conc $32 full | $27 conc | $25 preview performance, spectatorship and
Weather Girls, Aretha Franklin, and Nudity | Coarse language | Sexual worst thing ever. It's about falling in from the intimacy and surprising Nudity | Strobe lights | Smoke/Haze |
togetherness. 'NOW this body
Latecomer lockout | Drug references Tina Turner. References love too quickly and too loudly and Adult themes universality of the queer experience Long periods of standing
WHAT' is both defining and
Presented by Ben Anderson and Presented by Kissing Booth Productions how a man and his cheekbones can Presented by Before Shot & Theatre growing up. Presented by Luigi Vescio and
"The voice of our generation." dissolving - at once a ritual site of
Melbourne Recital Centre and Theatre Works upend your entire life. This play is Works Temperance Hall
- WeekendNotes "A genuine, moving performance." - The queer play and a celebration of the
Image: by Sanjeev Singh about men. Image: by Sarah Walker Advertiser (Intoxication) wwww Image: Andi, Pippa Samaya & Luigi Vescio radical happening.
Love By The Hour Mama Alto: Torch One Pan Cooking Over The Rainbow
Lines of desire and friendship Songs Sally Goldner has had a mixed Cabaret
are blurred in this new play by The acclaimed jazz singer, life if nothing else. A cabaret for all ages
Caleb Darwent cabaret artiste & gender Bi/pan, trans, Jewish, advocate,
Celebrate our collective differences
Eve, a sex worker, and Ashish, a transcendent diva returns to educator, community radio and TV
in the twinkling lights of the
nurse, have been friends for over a Melbourne Recital Centre presenter, introvert, HSP (that's a
glorious Melba Spiegeltent!
decade. When Ashish unexpectedly form of neurodiversity, not a meal),
The Butterfly Club, Melbourne CBD Melbourne Recital Centre - Primrose Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas), Fitzroy The Melba - Spiegeltent, Collingwood
approaches Eve to purchase their Let Mama Alto beguile you with survivor of 13 years at an (assumed) A circus cabaret featuring the best
20 Jan, 22-23 Jan, 25 Jan 1hr Potter Salon, Southbank 21-22 Jan 1hr 25 Jan 1hr
services, it sparks a conversation sumptuous and exquisite torch all-boys school... of Melbourne's queer performers
24 Jan 1hr
Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat 7pm that forces the pair to confront songs. Her velvet voice and Tue, Wed 7pm | Auslan: 21 Jan 7pm Sat 5pm specifically designed for families of
Fri 6pm & 8pm captivating storytelling never That's surely enough ingredients to
$35 full | $31 conc the boundaries of friendship, the $15 full | $5 conc $20 full all makes and models. One hour of
fail to enchant and captivate. look at the fun highs, the serious
Coarse language limits of intimacy, and the cost of $31 full | $25 conc Mention of lateral hostility Strobe lights | Smoke/Haze fun and laughs and people flying
Accompanied by multi-instrumental lows and yes, all the non-binary
transgression. Presented by Mama Alto & Melbourne through the air.
Presented by Darwent & Gray Presented by Sally Goldner points in between. Presented by The Melba Spiegeltent
Recital Centre wonder William Elm on piano.
Image: by Teddy Darling Image: by Margot Fink
Image: by Alexis Desaulniers-Lea "Divine" - Havana Tribune Join Sally as she debuts her first
Photography "Near flawless" - The Age ever full-length solo show.
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Queer Quickies Queer-aoke That Time Everything The Boy I Paid For
Group karaoke at its queerest Went Well and We Two men. One night.
Take over Theatre Works and bring Led by the incomparable Bae Marie, Were Totally Fine Socially awkward Keith hires
your creative queer ideas to life. Queer-aoke is a celebration of pop escort Beau for an evening of
Queer Quickies is an inclusive music's biggest queer names. companionship one Christmas Eve.
and open event for all LGBTIQA+ Gerry and Frankie are going out. While Keith has no idea what to
artists, writers, wordsmiths, Throw on a lewk, warm up that expect, Beau is treating this like
They're going to have a great night.
Theatre Works, St Kilda choreographers, and theatre- Common Rooms, Carlton voice and join us at Common The Bowery Theatre, St Albans The Butterfly Club, Melbourne CBD just another job, but he's never had
Everything will go well, because
1 Feb makers. Queer Quickies invites you 6 Feb 3hrs Rooms to sing your heart out with 7 Feb 1hr 20 Jan, 22-25 Jan 55m a client quite like Keith before. As
they're both totally fine. No, really.
to read through an excerpt from a an evening of music by divas of any the night goes on, both men realise
Sat 4-6pm Thu 7pm Fri 8pm They're fine. Just have to remember Mon, Wed-Sat 7pm
script or a play that you are writing, variety. Sequins are essential. they have to confront their own
FREE $25 full | $20 conc $28 full | $22 conc the tickets, get on the train, make it $35 full | $31 conc | $28 group (min 6)
or to show something from work in to the show on time, obey the law, truths... and need one another to
Apply at theatreworks.org.au Presented by Common Rooms Coarse language | Smoking on stage Sex scenes | Coarse language |
development. Read alone and let make conversation, keep smiling Latecomer lockout | Reference to sexual
do it.
Presented by Theatre Works your words do the talking, or enlist Image: by Simone Ruggiero Presented by The Bowery Theatre's
and remember to breathe. A brand- violence | Adult themes
the help of actors to embody your
Be Bold Residency Program and Wit Produced by Writers' Block Theatre.
Incorporated. new sketch comedy for anyone Presented by The Butterfly Club
characters. Whatever you decide, who's ever had one of those days.
the Theatre Works stage is yours. Image: by Ben Hudson Image: by Paul Williams
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Theatre Theatre
Theatre Music
Theatre Theatre
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Midsumma Festival +
Gasworks Arts Park
present:
Mardi Gras 2020
14 February – 1 March Queer
Pl
Playwriting
Award
Showcase
Join us for a unique night in
the theatre to witness the first
staged readings of brand
new queer focussed theatre
works. See pg 38 for details.
2020 FINALISTS:
- Home Fires Burning
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Theatre Theatre
► Career development
Theatre Cabaret
► Case management
When the Light Whoop Dee Doo: ► Justice support
Leaves Another Late Night ► Workshops for sex workers
The critically acclaimed Revue ► Outreach to sex industry workplaces
production by Citizen Theatre Burlesque, Cabaret, Comedy ► Training to other services
When The Light Leaves is a new and Drag
► For access to any of these services,
Australian play by Rory Godbold
Oh, here we go again! Another
Gasworks Arts Park - Gasworks Theatre, that explores how people navigate The Butterfly Club, Melbourne CBD
variety show raving about its
Albert Park the complex reality of facing an 24-25 Jan, 31 Jan-1 Feb, 7-8 Feb 1hr
diverse lineup of excellent
please contact us.
29 Jan-1 Feb 1hr 10m uncontrollable, wild death. Terminal Fri, Sat 10pm burlesque, cabaret, comedy and
Wed, Thu 7:30pm | Fri, Sat 9:30pm | VAD brain cancer has forced Dan to
$35 full | $31 conc drag artists. We're not going to
1800 458 752
Forum after performance: Thu 30 Jan decide how he wants the end of his
life to look. Despite his supportive Nudity | Sex scenes | Coarse language | try to convince you that our show sexworker.org.au
$35 full | $30 conc | $25 group (min 6) References to drug use is better than others. We just
Coarse language | Suicide references
partner, well-intentioned sister and
know we're putting on a damn
sexworker@sexworker.org.au
nurse who comforts by-the-book - Presented by Miss Maple Rose
Presented by Gasworks Arts Park & entertaining, highly arousing
no one can give him what he needs. Image: Dark Prince of Burlesque, featuring
Packed House Productions celebration of performance art.
It's time Dan chooses how he goes. Raven by Alexis Desaulniers-Lea
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Music
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Visual Arts
Exhibition Exhibition
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#midsumma midsumma.org.au
Midsumma
Relaxed Performances, or Sensory Friendly performances, are
designed to create a safe and welcoming environment for people with Midsumma Festival Auslan Interpreted Events
learning difficulties and/or sensory and communication challenges.
3D: Deaf, Draws, Drinks Midsumma Carnival (Main Stage)
At Midsumma, we recognise our responsibility to Pg 78 Pg 74
Midsumma Festival 6 Feb, 7.30pm 19 Jan, 11am–10pm
provide genuine access to our events and services Doing Gender: Old-school Relaxed Performances
wherever possible. For this reason, we have several Storytelling, New School Stories.
A Place at the Table: Midsumma Pride March
ways for everyone to access information about our Image by Brendan Bonsack #Hypocrisy – Imogen Stirling
New Stories of the Familiar (Summa Pride Stage)
events, to view these sources visit midsumma.org.au/ Pg 28
Pg 29 Pg 75
28 Jan, 7pm
access. If you have any questions, feedback or 23 Jan, 6pm 2 Feb, 12pm
would like any information in another format, Homophonic!
Archer Magazine’s First Nations Nocturnal x Midsumma:
please don’t hesitate to contact us. Midsumma Pg 48
Issue Launch Lunar New Year Disco
is National Relay Service Ready. Please check 1 Feb, 1.30pm
Pg 31 Pg 82
midsumma.org.au/access for the most up 1 Feb, 3pm 7 Feb, 7pm
New Balance
to date access information.
Pg 37
Boobs One Pan Cooking
4 Feb, 7pm
Pg 32 Pg 37
31 Jan, 7.30pm 21 Jan, 7pm
Trans and Gender Diverse:
Questions and Answers
Doing Gender: Old-school Over The Rainbow Cabaret
Access Pg 65
23 Jan, 6pm
Storytelling, New School Stories Pg 38
Pg 33 25 Jan, 5pm
Wheelchair Access Endings/Beginnings
29 Jan, 7.30pm
Wheelchair access varies from venue to venue. To Park Lounge
Pg 34
Drop Deadly Gorgeous: The Pageant Pg 75
check a venue’s wheelchair accessibility, look for the 30 Jan, 7pm
Pg 79 8 Feb, 5pm
wheelchair access symbol alongside an event listing. 9 Feb, 7pm
Midsumma relies on accurate information provided by Punking Dramatics
the venues; we recommend contacting the venue to Glam Slam at the Australian Open Pg 65
confirm their accessibility. Pg 84 5 Feb, 6pm
2 Feb, 7pm A Place at the Table:
National Relay Service Queer Playwriting Award Showcase New Stories of the
Half Baked: Two Quirkshops for the Pg 38 Familiar. Image by
If you are Deaf, hard of hearing or have difficulty Queerspawn
Fabulously Bent 28 Jan, 7pm Brendan Bonsack
speaking, contact the National Relay Service on 133 677
Pg 64
or via relayservice.com.au, then ask for 03 9296 6600 25 Jan, 2 Feb, 2pm Queerspawn
during business hours. There is no additional charge for Pg 69 Audio Described Captioning: Open Caption
this service. How Gay Am I? 24 Jan, 5.30pm
Pg 35 Through the use of a headset, Captions are displayed on a screen,
Companion Card Holders 6 Feb, 7pm Teach-in: Assemble, Advocate audience members can listen to a enabling the audience/viewer to
Companion Card holders qualify for a complimentary ticket & Activate description of the visual aspects read what is being said.
for their companion. Please contact Midsumma Ticketing on In Conversation: ACT UP Pg 65 of the event during appropriate
Pg 64 21 Jan, 9pm breaks in the dialogue.
03 9296 6600 or ticketing@midsumma.org.au to book. Midsumma Festival Open
24 Jan, 9pm
Accessible Events The Rise and Fall of Saint George Captioned Events
Mama Alto: Torch Songs Pg 41 Midsumma Festival Audio
Please see individual event listings for Midsumma Pg 37 24 Jan, 8pm
Festival 2020 across this page or visit midsumma.org.au/
Described Events New Balance
24 Jan, 6pm & 8pm Pg 37
access for further information about services such as 4 – 8 Feb, 7pm
Midsumma and Australia Post Homophonic!
Auslan interpretation, audio description and tactile tours. Pg 48
Art Award The Sky After Rain
Pg 59 31 Jan, 7.30pm
Alternative Format Guides Pg 58
28 Jan, 6pm 9 Jan – 2 Feb (Manningham)
Large print, plain text and screen reader versions Nocturnal x Midsumma:
of the Midsumma Festival 2020 program can Midsumma Extravaganza Lunar New Year Disco
Frontier
Pg 82
be downloaded on the Midsumma website Pg 35
7 Feb, 7pm Pg 52
1 Feb, 8pm
midsumma.org.au/access. Alternatively, call 31 Jan – 13 Feb
Midsumma on 03 9296 6600 and we can email The Rise and Fall of Saint George
Pg 41
or post them to you.
24 Jan, 8pm
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Exhibition Exhibition
CARERS
Tacit once again turns PINK for
Postcards from the Edge is our
Midsumma with gay and queer
story, two small town boys surviving
artists, from high camp to erotic
against the odds. Being a homo in
sexuality, featuring sexy bodies,
Do you provide unpaid care and support Tacit Galleries, Collingwood
dazzling objects and carnal
The Bowery Theatre, St Albans homogeneity was a hard task but
we learned if you can't assimilate,
for a partner, friend or family member 22 Jan-2 Feb urges for what is the most lavish 20-25 Jan, 27 Jan-1 Feb, 3-8 Feb
its time to exaggerate. As Oscar
Mon-Sun 11am-5pm | Opening: Wed 22 Midsumma visual arts event. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat 9am-12pm |
with a disability, mental illness, chronic Jan 6:30 - 8pm Exhibition celebration & performance:
Wilde said "Be yourself. Everyone
With its 11 exhibition spaces, Tacit else is already taken". We took that
health issue or age-related condition? FREE
Galleries is a new and inspiring
Fri 31 Jan 6pm-7:30pm
and embellished it. The images
Nudity | Sex scenes FREE
curated venue empowering artists tell the tale of two lost boys from
Nudity
Presented by Tacit Galleries in the heart of Collingwood's opposite sides of a sunburnt land
Presented by The Huxleys looking for that rare kindred bird of
Image: courtesy of Tacit Galleries & TJ thriving art precinct.
Bateson Image: The Huxleys a feather to fly together.
Exhibition Exhibition
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Exhibition Exhibition
The Sky After Rain Under the Dome of VOTE FOR YOUR
To be queer is still taboo in
Iranian culture
Heaven FAVOURITE FINALIST IN
THE MIDSUMMA AND
Works by Eureka (Michael
The stories of three queer Iranian James O'Hanlon) from his
AWARD 2020
Manningham Art Gallery, Doncaster Tacit Galleries, Collingwood
interviews, spoken word poetry, Eureka is back to share his queer
Centre for Contemporary Photography - moving images, sound design and 22 Jan-2 Feb exploration of the male portrait and
Night Projection Window, Fitzroy
dance. Mon-Sun 11am-5pm | Opening: Wed 22 of the spiritual traditions of eastern
Manningham: 9 Jan-2 Feb January 6.30-8pm and central Europe. He developed
Tue-Sat 11am-5pm | Sun 2 Feb 1-4pm The multi-disciplinary, three- FREE the works through drawing The finalists’
finali artworks will be made available
Opening: Thu 23 Jan, 6pm-8pm piece video installation explores churches and mosques, life drawing to the public for viewing and voting from
Nudity
overarching themes about
CCP: 17 Jan-15 Mar, viewable from exterior
of building, 7 nights a week after dark identity, queerness, gender, family, Presented by Eureka (Michael James
and photography 29 Jan to 9 Feb 2020 at No Vacancy Gallery.
Presented by Midsumma Festival and forgiveness, resilience, hope, love O'Hanlon) See the event listing above for details.
Manningham Art Gallery and loss. Image: Sean Age 19 by Eureka
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Film midsumma.org.au
film
welcomes older
Free to be you Screening:
Becoming Colleen
Finding the shoe that fits
Becoming Colleen is the story of
film
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Workshops Workshops
Talks Tours
A Conversation with AIDS Memorial Feral Queer Camp Feral Queer Camp:
Friends Garden Walking Let's go feral! Picnic in the Park
Queer authors talk life and Tour Dive deep into talking and writing
writing about queer performance practice.
Remember Fairfield - from Join a feral cohort who will view
A picnic conversation open to
What shapes a writing life? Some hospital to horticulture everyone interested in queer
performances across Midsumma
of our leading queer authors with performance (whether or not
A walking tour of the former site of Festival and unpack queer themes
Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas), Fitzroy close links to Hares & Hyenas Melbourne Polytechnic College Fairfield Various Midsumma Venues Abbotsford Convent - Heritage Gardens, you've seen any this Midsumma).
Farfield Hospital. in a suite of workshops with leaders
20 Jan 2hrs talk about life, writing and the Campus, Fairfield 20 Jan - 8 Feb Abbotsford Bring food for sharing, a rug if you
in writing, criticism and queer
influences that shape their work. 9 Feb 2hrs 8 Feb have one, and we'll do 'picnic rug
Mon 7:30pm Explore over a hundred years of Various dates and times pedagogies. By Alyson Campbell,
This conversational panel focuses hopping': a bit like bar hopping,
$18 full | $12 conc Sun 1pm hospital history. Listen to stories see midsumma.org.au for details Stephen Farrier, Jen Audsley, Sat 1 - 3pm
on the authors' latest works, new we'll mingle in groups on picnic rugs
FREE booking required from the height of the AIDS crisis in $20 full | pay what you can | registrations Brenton Geyer, Hannah McCann, FREE booking required
Open content event writing in development and the and chat about queer performance
Long Periods of standing
Australia and the unique community close 23 Dec JulieMc McNamara, Monica Pearl, Presented by Midsumma Festival and
shifting landscape of queer writing. - the good, the bad and the don't
response. Presented by Midsumma Festival and Lachlan Philpott and Richard Watts. wreckedAllprods
Authors include Andrea Goldsmith, Presented by Thorne Harbour Health and get out of bed. We want to know:
Melbourne Polytechnic Fairfield Campus wreckedAllprods Image: by wreckedAllprods
Quinn Eades, Dennis Altman and Light afternoon tea provided. (Feral: 'in a wild state, especially after what queer performance has left its
escape from captivity or domestication') mark on you and why?
Neal Drinnan, with another TBA. Image: by John Hall
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Living Out Loud Nevo Zisin: Desert The Gays Are Trans and Gender
A personal account of Island Reads Revolting Live Diverse: Questions
LGBTIQA+ history What books have made the and Answers
Join Dr Graham Willett, active in greatest impression on Nevo A discussion of all things trans
Hosted by Thomas, Mykiii, Kyle and
gay politics in Melbourne since Zisin, and which ones would Luke, Australia's premier queer
1979, as he shares his account they take to a desert island? Hear stories and insights from
podcast The Gays Are Revolting
of the remarkable journey of the a panel with a unique range
Williamstown Library, Williamstown Doncaster Library, Doncaster The Melba - Spiegeltent, Collingwood will record live for the third time Library at The Dock, Docklands
Australian LGBTIQA+ community. Nevo Zisin is a non-binary of lived experiences, including
5 Feb 1hr 30 Jan 1hr 7 Feb 1hr 30m in Melbourne. Helping you be 23 Jan 1hr
Recognition, understanding, lively, Australian writer and transgender transitioning in high school, coming
the best 'G' you can be, the boys
Wed 6:30pm thoughtful and often surprising, this Thu 7pm rights activist. They are the author Fri 7:30pm Thu 6pm out as transgender later in life, and
serve a candid, informative and
FREE booking required is a story of events and the people FREE booking required of the award-winning memoir $30 full FREE booking required raising gender diverse children.
hilarious take on modern life as gay
Presented by Hobsons Bay Libraries who changed society. Presented by Whitehorse Manningham
'Finding Nevo' and a contributor Coarse language Presented by Library at the Dock The audience is invited to ask
men. The Gays Are Revolting has
Libraries to 'Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA respectful questions and can join
Presented by Lipp Media been featured by Apple Podcasts
Stories'. us afterwards for refreshments and
Image: by Theresa Harrison Photography Image: by Alexander Legaree and nominated at the Australian
social chat.
Podcast Awards.
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Kids &
Families
► Case management
► Justice support Kids and Families Kids and Families
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Kids and Families Kids and Families Kids and Families Kids and Families
Kids and Families Kids and Families Kids and Families Kids and Families
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Improving
Kids and Families
Youth
Midsumma Pride March participants 2019.
Image by Dean Arcuri
Sing-A-Long
Dragtime
smiles
for our
Who doesn't love to sing along to
your favourite songs from cartoons,
movies and musicals?
The Melba - Spiegeltent, Collingwood
community
Join the fabulous Frock Hudson
22 Jan, 24 Jan 1hr
& Miss Jay, as they show you a
Wed 2:30pm | Fri 1:30pm whole new world of family fun, in a
$25 full | $15 conc colourful dragtastic sing-a-long for
Presented by The Melba Spiegeltent all ages to enjoy.
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Out & About
RACV is proud to support Switchboard’s outreach
program for Seniors.
Switchboard’s Out & About program is a peer service connecting lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) people across Victoria. It is a free community visitors program
run specifically for older members of the LGBTI community and aims to reduce social
isolation and loneliness by creating community connections and facilitating peer friendships.
For further information, visit switchboard.org.au
It takes more
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Hits and Giggles Midsumma Carnival Queer Zine & Art Fair Rainbow Pride in
Laze on the lawn or come and Biggest event of Melbourne's Keep the spirit of queer DIY Altona
try tennis! queer calendar publishing alive
Come on your own or with a Fun in the sun for an all-day and Hares & Hyenas bookstore will be
Bring your rainbow picnic rug and
group, a fun day out for everyone all-night party to celebrate the buzzing with local and interstate
your rainbow picnic lunch to show
- rainbow community, friends and beginning of another fabulous artists and publishers for a one day
your support for rainbow families
family! Bring your racquet and have Midsumma Festival. Peek at zine and art fair. With stalls from
Belvedere Park Tennis Club, Seaford Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas), Fitzroy Logan Reserve, Altona by picnicking with pride in Logan
a hit on the court or shake out your our program with bite-sized the Australian Gay and Lesbian
9 Feb 3hrs 19 Jan 11hrs 1 Feb 8 Feb Reserve, Altona. At 1pm there will
picnic rug under the trees, relax performances, meet friends in the Archives, representing local DIY
be rainbow art activities for the
Sun 11:30am and meet new friends. Free tennis Sun 11am | Auslan: Main Stage family domain (pg 68) tackle the Sat 1-5pm queer history, to contemporary Sat 1-3pm | 1pm - Art activities
2pm - Rainbow afternoon tea
kids. At 2pm, the Louis Joel Arts
FREE booking required coaching and summery snacks, live FREE sports precinct (pg 84) and stay FREE independent makers and small
& Community Centre will provide
Presented by Belvedere Park Tennis Club, acoustic music to entertain. Pack Presented by Midsumma Festival cool in the under 18s area (pg 71). Mobility access may be limited press publishers, come browse and FREE
rainbow treats with rainbow
Out on the Peninsula, Frankston City your own lunch or buy freshly made With stalls, food, and entertainment depending on crowds purchase a diverse range of print Presented by Louis Joel Arts &
Image: by Suzanne Balding cupcakes, rainbow jellies and
Council and Peninsula Health treats from the club canteen. The galore leading us into a warm works - from the personal to the Community Centre
Presented by Ed Griffiths and Hares & rainbow fruit. There will be rainbow
bar will also be open to buy a drink summer evening of T Dance (see pg Hyenas political, posters to patches.
bubbles to finish an afternoon of
or two. 13 for more details).
rainbow pride family fun in Altona.
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Party Party
Social Social
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Parties and Social Events #midsumma Parties and Social Events midsumma.org.au
Homo Erotica Miss Gay & Miss Queer Pool Party Sunday at the Baths:
We are all Homos // humans Trans Australia Queer Soirée
Own your pride at Midsumma's International 2020 Get wet and wild and celebrate the An inclusive evening of music
most audacious Pride afterparty. queerest time of year with sunshine, by the pool
"Spectacular pageant show eye candy, and a recovery sesh,
Tear that closet down and expose promoting diversity & before you slide into a local happy Everyone's invited to join us at
your most defining or provocative inclusion" - Daily Mail hour. Everyone's invited! Bring Midsumma Festival's very best
Chasers, South Yarra look - club kid, fetish, drag, glam, Williamstown Town Hall, Williamstown Prahran Aquatic Centre, Prahran your besties, lovers, and significant Carlton Baths Community Centre, Carlton pool party. There'll be live music
2 Feb high fashion, laid-back, au naturel; 1 Feb 5hrs
Who will be crowned in 2020? Find 26 Jan 4hrs 9 Feb performances headlined by artists
others - all genders and sexualities
whatever it may be, embrace it. out and be fully entertained by this from the LGBTQIA+ community
Sun 8pm-3am Sat 6pm Sun 1pm welcome. Enjoy the mildly Sun 5-8pm
exciting, fabulous and sensational along with plenty of other activities
1st release $20 | 2nd release $30 | Multiple rooms featuring bubbly VIP $70 | Premium $60 | General FREE booking required competitive water sports with $10 full
none-of-its-kind pageant with a including: inclusive sports, gym
Door sale $40 pop through dirty filthy techno - go Admission $50 | Concession $45 Melbourne Surge and Water Polo
mission this year to help 'Save the This is an alcohol free event Presented by YMCA Victoria & City of access, group fitness classes,
Nudity | Sex scenes | Coarse language | as hard or as chill as you desire. Smoke/Haze
Victoria, tap your feet to poolside Melbourne
Planet Earth'. Book early! Presented by Thorne Harbour Health support services and more. Close
Strobe lights | Smoke/Haze entertainment, or simply sunbathe
Featuring daring queer artists Presented by Trans Angels Victoria Inc & out your Midsumma the right way
away. Free sausage sizzle (veggie
Presented by BUFF Events Trans Pageant Australia International with tunes by the pool.
exploring Homo Erotica through options available) and soft drinks.
Image: by Uff performance and other media. Image: TAPAI PHOTOGRAPHY
Kids and family friendly!
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Party
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Midsumma: Lunar
New Year Disco
MIDSUMMA
community engagement, and depth of artistic
partnerships.
LUNAR NEW
While we stay committed to our roots, we have
matured to become one of Australiaʼs most
significant queer arts organisations, supporting
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Ratavan ft Pangina Image: Midsumma Extravaganza at Arts Centre
Heals.Courtesy of
Drag Race Thailand
Melbourne by Suzanne Balding ft Sheldon Riley
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Sports #midsumma Sports midsumma.org.au
Sport
SUPPORT
The Midsumma Carnival Sports
Precinct grows in size every year
with all of the exciting associated
Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne CBD sporting and outdoor community
Location: next to the main stage, close to groups for you to experience. The
Boathouse Drive Sports Precinct boasts the likes of
19 Jan 6hrs
your favourite Melbourne rugby
Sun 11am
clubs, AFL teams, Motorfrenzies,
smashers, runners, rovers and even Midsumma Festival relies on your generous
donations to produce the 22 day festival
FREE circus. If you're looking to join a
Image: by Dean Arcuri team or just meet theirs, make sure
you visit the Sports Precinct at
Midsumma Carnival. each year and the year round initiatives
supporting the development of queer artists
Sport and culture makers.
Nomads Parklands
and Heritage Tour We appreciate all of your support
Walking to Good Health!
Marvellous Melbourne is a garden
city plus an architectural treasure.
Walk via parks from Royal Park
To get involved, become a patron or make
Royal Park Station, Parkville Station to the Botanical Gardens,
viewing heritage and modern
a one-off donation visit us at
27 Jan 6hrs
Mon 10:30am
FREE booking required
sites plus memorials in Parkville,
the Melbourne General Cemetery, midsumma.org.au/support
Carlton and East Melbourne. Access
Latecomer lockout | Long Periods of to water refills and toilets along the
standing | Non-traditional sitting route. BYO snacks and lunch plus
Presented by The Nomads Outdoors sunscreen. Wear sensible footwear
Group and a hat.
Photo by Wendy Wei
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Our People & Patrons midsumma.org.au
Become a
Sue Fletcher
Andrea Pearman
IT & Applications
Alan Drummond
Ordinary David Owen &
Luke Gallagher
Brenton Geyer
Board Members Henry Ruge-Rojas Ian Gould
Midsumma
Administration & Dennis Altman Jeffrey Grad
Stalls Coordinator Gail Veal
Tori Berquist Nigel Higgins
Matt Hirst Ian Gould
Rhys Cranney Crusader Hillis
Jack Freemantle and family
Patron
Production & Michael Daly Leigh Johns
Operations Manager Sebastian Norman Jason Forde Geraldine Kirby
Mack Ebelt Andrea Pearman Jo Whyte Matto Lucas
Mark Meierjohann Lee Matthews
Midsumma Festival relies on your generous
Ticketing & Presenter
Services Manager
Volunteer to Michael Daly
Michael Fuller-Smith
David Micallef
Letizia Mondello
donations to produce our three-week festival Jason Marsiglia the Board Peter Moran David Owen
and year-round community development Volunteers Coordinator
Robert Morrison Kaye Sera
Amanda Edwards Rhys Cranney
work, celebrating the vibrant and diverse Tom Noble Ron Thiele
Sebastian L Norman
LGBTQIA+ arts, culture and community Rowland Thomson
Program Coordinator Stephen Hanlon Danny Vadasz
contribution to Victoria. Brigit Ryan Stuart Kollmorgen & Tracey Wall
Rodrigo Reis Will Walton
Summer Work Placements
Your private and company contributions are Tori Berquist Lisa Watts
Olly Lawrence – Programming
vital to us, so we can continue to bring you Lily Jane – Production Roxy B. Wild
this vivacious world-class festival. Rhys Pope – Marketing
Jacqueline Essing – Marketing
Midsumma Festival has deductible gift recipient
Brand & Program Guide Design
(DGR) status, which means all donations above
Sweet Creative
$2 are tax deductible. 100% of funds raised go
directly to artist and community development and Website Design & Development
access initiatives so you can be assured every Bravo!
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3 Belvedere Park Tennis Club tram 78 to stop 45
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Bus: 200–207 to Brunswick/ Train: Upfield line to Brunswick 108 East Rd, Seaford
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4 Chapel Off Chapel Fitzroy St, St Kilda 30 Aughtie Drive, Tram: 5, 64 to stop 32 | tram 78 Train: Sandringham line
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386 Chapel St, South Yarra to Prahran stop 45
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31 McKenzie St, Melton Footscray
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360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
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223 Barkly St, Footscray 104 Ferguson St, 7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen
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5 Logan Reserve Ferguson St
687 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
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Pier St, Altona
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Train: any western line to 6 Melbourne Polytechnic College Fairfield Campus
Footscray
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6 Louis Joel Arts & Yarra Bend Rd, Fairfield
Tram: 82 to stop 63 Williamstown Train: Hurstbridge line to Dennis + 25 min walk
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5 Sargood St, Altona 11 Sunshine Art Spaces Gallery North Williamstown bus 250, 251 to Victoria Rd/Westgarth St
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line to Sunshine Were St, Montmorency
Station/Railway St Sth 17 Wyndham Art Gallery
Train: Hurstbridge line to Montmorency
177 Watton St, Werribee Bus: 293 to Montmorency Railway Station/Rattray Rd
Train: Werribee line to Werribee
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