Until comparatively recently, live performance work and story telling on the Australian stage was still rare and scandalous. 

That doesn’t mean it didn’t exist.  From 1800s male impersonator Effie Fellows to modern classics of the Australian stage like Love by Patricia Cornelius, queer theatre has of course always been here. 

Theatre Director and historian John Kachoyan, together with local actors present and discuss readings of key scenes from important queer Australian plays including Michael Gow’s Away and Peter Kenna’s A Hard God.