First-ever Festival of Australian Queer Theatre welcomes authentic disruption

Curator Dr Robert Reid explains the thinking behind a festival dedicated to Australian queer theatre that brings together makers and audiences.

15 Aug 2024 15:23

Celina Lei

Maude Davey in 'Performing the Monster'. Davey will be delivering a master class as part of the Festival of Australian Queer Theatre. A pale-skinned woman on stage holding a microphone up to her lips. She is wearing smokey eyeshadow and black gloves with a white frilly gown.

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Maude Davey in ‘Performing the Monster’. Davey will be delivering a masterclass as part of the Festival of Australian Queer Theatre. Photo: Suzanne Phoenix.

The Festival of Australian Queer Theatre (FAQT) will kick off its inaugural program from 22-25 August in Ballarat, Victoria, with a festival theme that is centred on ‘authentic disruption’.

Reid adds that ‘authentic disruption’ is about ‘both theatre and being queer in public as an expression of your authentic self.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_