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A special gala screening in
Sydney of new Australian
film Holding The Man is set to
help raise money to end HIV
transmission in NSW.
The exclusive pre-release
screening of the highly
anticipated film will take place
at the Ritz cinema in Randwick
on Wednesday, August 12,
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and will be a fundraiser for ACON.
The gala screening follows the
sold out world premiere at the
Sydney Film Festival last month,
and will precede the general
release of the film on August 27.
Guests can choose to just see
the film ($30) or to also mingle
with the stars of the film at an
exclusive after party in the bar
and balcony of the historic art
deco building ($55). All guests will
get a popcorn, ice cream or drink
plus they’ll each receive a 2-for-1
pass to Bingay, ACON’s monthly
bingo night at The Shift Club in
Darlinghurst.
The film is a moving love story
set in the early years of Australia’s
HIV crisis, and is based on the
much loved memoir of Timothy
Conigrave, who worked as a
health promotion officer at ACON
in the early 1990s, developing
HIV prevention campaigns and
providing HIV education and
support for young gay men.
ACON has teamed up with
the producers and distributor of
Holding The Man to become an
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official community partner
of the production to honour
Tim’s work as a community
health advocate and to help
promote the film’s message
of acceptance and inclusion
of LGBTI people and people
with HIV.
“Holding The Man is one
of our community’s most
cherished love stories, and it
provides a compelling personal
insight into the devastating
impact of HIV and AIDS
during the early years of the
epidemic,” said ACON CEO
Nicolas Parkhill.
“It’s a beautifully sad,
surprisingly funny and
ultimately uplifting film with
great performances and a
terrific soundtrack.
“There’s only limited
seating available for this
event so I encourage anyone
who’s interested in attending
to purchase tickets as
soon as possible to avoid
disappointment.”
Holding The Man ACON
Gala Screening is on
Wednesday, August 12, at
Ritz Cinema (52 St Paul’s St,
Randwick). Tix film and party
$55/film only $30. All tickets
include popcorn, ice cream,
drink and 2-for-1 Bingay pass.
Book: www.acon.org.au/
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SX is a proud media partner
of this event.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Straight ally shows his colours for marriage equality
Cec Busby
Following the US Supreme Court’s
historic ruling on gay marriage,
local fitness trainer Cameron Smith
decided to show his support for the
LGBTI community by lighting up
his shopfront in rainbow colours.
Smith, the owner of Pro Train
Fitness on Flinders Street, has
pledged to keep the lights shining
bright until all his Aussie gay
friends also have the same rights to
equal love.
The Catholic-raised fitness
fanatic, who co-incidentally
attended the same school as the
PM, says he still can’t believe
marriage equality is an issue.
“Everyone is equal and is
entitled to the same rights. Take
religion out of it, and it’s common
sense,” he tells SX.
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Rainbow colours light up
Cameron Smith’s Pro Train
Fitness on Flinder Street
Smith says her was spurred
on to adorn his shop in rainbow
lights after seeing so much of his
Facebook feed turn a rainbow hue.
“I loved the forward movement
that the US demonstrated, and the
Facebook rainbow support that
followed.
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“It was very important to me, to
let my gay friends, gym members
and loved ones know that I would
do whatever I could, to fight for
them and their rights.
“Anyone who knows me, knows
my gym is an extension of me,
so I wanted to use its walls as a
very public symbol that ‘straight’
people also think the current state
of marriage inequality is a joke.”
Smith says the more ‘noise’ straight
people can make on the issue the
better – and he encourages other
straight allies to step up.
“I would love the LGBTI
community to be able to sit back
and let their ‘Straight Army’ fight
this battle but I think too many
people have great intentions but sit
on their hands.”
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Footy codes back
gay marriage
Just days after the NRL confirmed
its commitment to marriage
equality; the football code has
joined together with the AFL
and the Football Federation
to feature in an advertisement
pledging support for equal love.
The advertisement appeared in the
Weekend Australian and saw all
three codes present a united front
in calling for same-sex marriage
rights for LGBTI Australians.
In the ad, Rugby League legend
Paul Langmack said: “On and off
the field we support and stand by
our mates. These sporting codes
unanimously stand for fairness,
believing all Australians should be
treated fairly and equally in the eyes
of the law.”
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FEATURE
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Creative Spaces
for Thriving
Communities
A PLACE
CALLED HOME
Scoring a coveted City of
Sydney accommodation grant
in 2014, The Festivalists – a
non profit arts organisation
that specialises in bringing
together artists and unusual
spaces to create stimulating,
interactive
cultural
experiences – have used the
opportunity to expand their
creative horizons and grow
their business.
“We applied because it
was the only way to grow
the company,” says The
Festivalists’ director Matt
Ravier (pictured left). “We’re
coming up on our tenth
birthday now, but we are
still pretty small and lean.
We’ve never been able to
afford premises that would
allow us to grow and the
accommodation grant has
allowed us to do that.”
Before
relocating
to
their new premises at the
Erskineville Town Hall, Ravier
says they were in cramped
space in Sydney’s Chinatown.
“It was less than salubrious.
We got burgled once a month
and junkies had moved into
the bathrooms. So we were
all eager to find office space
more conducive to the hard
work that we do. Now we
have offices where we can feel
creative. We have more space
and we can have interns.”
Attached to their new home
in Erskineville is a beautiful
The City of Sydney’s accommodation grants provide vital spaces to community
organisations that breathe life into the city. Cec Busby reports.
S
ydney was recently ranked
number five in the world’s
most live-able cities by
Monocle magazine, ahead of the likes
of Stockholm (6th), Vancouver (7th)
and Zurich (10th). The ranking,
which takes into consideration
everything from housing affordability
to recycling to cultural activities and
the price of a cup of coffee, proves the
City of Sydney’s plan to create a green,
global connected city is thriving.
“The quality of life we are
creating in Sydney by investing
in parks, playgrounds and open
spaces; supporting creativity and
culture; encouraging innovation;
and delivering public and private
developments with excellent design,
is amongst the world’s best,” Lord
Mayor Clover Moore said on receiving
the recognition. “This is not only
good for Sydney residents, but good
for business as we know that a city
with a high quality of life attracts
investment and a talented workforce.”
Moore knows all too well that
central to the life of any city is
its culture. As such, the City of
Sydney’s Culture Policy and Action
Plan has discovered a way to allow
artists, creatives and community
organisations a foothold in the city
landscape.
Under its Accommodation Grants
Program, the city provides a space
within disused or underused city
premises at reduced or no cost for
non-profits and community-minded
enterprises that work within the social
services, cultural and environmental
spaces.
Introduced in 2014, the grants
currently support 69 organisations
across 46 City-managed sites and
includes a men’s shed, a junior footy
club and an artists’ collective.
This month applications open
again for five new spaces in facilities
as diverse as the Walter Burley Griffin
Incinerator and Glebe Town Hall.
Spaces could be used to benefit
community groups, artist practices or
as workshop facilities.
“The City is always seeking good
ideas from local community-based
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Homecoming Queen
The Festivalists deliver arts and culture to
Erskineville village
organisations on how to put our
under-used or empty spaces to good
use,” Moore said. “We expect interest
to be very high for this round, with the
Walter Burley Griffin incinerator and
space at Glebe Town Hall available
again, and applicants will be able to
make the most of our much-improved
online application services.”
Successful applicants are typically
those that can deliver social, cultural
and environmental outcomes for the
City of Sydney community.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications open on Monday,
July 6, and close on Monday,
August 3. Applicants can apply
for up to 100 per cent rent
subsidy.
Prospective applicants can check
property inspection times and
lodge application forms at
www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.
For the first time in more than two decades, Sydney drag legend
Amelia Airhead is returning to her hometown of Broken Hill – as
the headliner of the inaugural gay pride gathering,
the Broken Heel Festival. By Cec Busby.
art deco hall, which The
Festivalists have made good
use of since their tenure began.
“We have for the first time
been able to put on events in
our own venue. It means we
can diversify the events we do.
We started Young at Heart
Culture Club, a monthly film
clubs for seniors. It’s been going
gangbusters! We’re planning
a new event in the spring.
These local events allow us to
develop audiences based on
what the community needs,
and collaborate with local
businesses and artists. It makes a
big difference feeling anchored
with the community rather
than operating in a vacuum.”
Add to this their already
booming events’ schedule,
which includes the popular
Jurassic Lounge, Hijinks
and Mayhem parties and
you see just how much the
accommodation grant has
helped this arts company
grow.
Ravier encourages any local
community group or arts
organisation to apply.
“It’s a serious way to help
you grow your company.”
P
riscilla had a huge influence on the
mainstream psyche for its positive
portrayal of the drag queens and
LGBT people. Just like Les Girls in the 60s,
it made us palatable to the general public,”
says drag artist Amelia Airhead.
“[Thanks to Priscilla] I firmly believe
drag is now recognised as an art form
in its own right, worthy of recognition
and respect.”
This year marks the 21st anniversary
of Stephen Elliott’s cult film and in
honour of the event, Aussie outback
town Broken Hill (which provided the
setting for many of the film’s pivotal
scenes) is holding the inaugural Broken
Heel Festival.
Headlining the festival is Amelia and
her ‘Glitter Sisters’, Minnie Cooper
and Charisma Belle, who will bring a
touch of Sydney glamour to the outback
mining centre.
For Amelia it’s a real homecoming. The
drag star grew up in Broken Hill and tells
SX as a young gay boy, she would never
have dreamed of frocking up.
“It was tough growing up in Broken
Hill as a shy and slightly effeminate ‘pretty
boy’. When I look back now, I spent a lot
of energy as a kid being on guard, fitting
in with the other boys, unsuccessfully I’m
sure,” Amelia says.
“Dad worked in the mines and owned
race horses so I grew up around the types
of blokes we see in the film. That said,
many of them actually had hearts of gold
Pictured: The Festivalists’
director Matt Ravier work
from Erskineville Town Hall,
as a reult of the City of Sydney
accommodation grant. Photo:
Cec Busby
Back to Broken Hill ... Amelia Airhead.
Photo: John McRae
and were just products of that tough
environment.”
It’s been over 25 years since Amelia
left Broken Hill behind and moved
to the bright lights of the big city. The
now veteran drag artist says she is both
nervous and excited to be returning and
performing in front of her home crowd at
the iconic Palace Hotel.
“Broken Hill is known for its gems,
both underground and above, and the
Palace is surely one of our most precious
jewels. It will be forever famous because of
the movie, so this festival is such a special
moment in the town’s history,” she says.
As for the Glitter Girls Show, Amelia
describes it as a fun and hilarious journey
through many of the hits from Priscilla.
“We are also doing a couple of numbers
made famous at various Sydney venues
over the years, just to give the locals a taste
of authentic Sydney drag.”
She suggests many audience members
attending on the night will be ‘drag
virgins’ and says she is looking forward
to giving them a taste of the ol’ razzle
dazzle.
“It’s important the locals leave
with a positive impression of drag,”
she says. “That it’s not a scary thing
to be hidden away in nightclubs in
the city, and that it’s actually just about
having fun.”
OVERVIEW
BROKEN HEEL FESTIVAL
September 11-13, Palace Hotel, Broken Hill
The inaugural Broken Heel Festival, running from
Friday, September 11 until Sunday, September
13, is Broken Hill’s first ever event celebrating
gay pride and culture. There are events
all through the weekend, with special
guests including Amelia Airhead,
Minnie Cooper, Charisma Belle,
and DJ Magnus. Broken Heel is
organised by the Palace Hotel,
the world-famous landmark
featured in the movie.
www.bhfestival.
com.au
THE SPACES: APPLY NOW
WATERLOO
TOWN HALL
53 Forsyth St,
Glebe
770 Elizabeth St,
Waterloo
Located on the Glebe foreshore,
the Walter Burley Griffin
incinerator overlooks Blackwattle
Bay and Anzac Bridge. Offering
70sqm of floor space, it is
accessible via steps and a
walkway through landscaped
surrounds. The incinerator is
close to public transport routes
and would suit a group that can
host up to 20 people at once.
Waterloo Town Hall is a landmark
two storey Victorian-Italianate
building that houses the
Waterloo Library. Two adjoining
spaces spanning 36sqm would
make ideal offices, workshops
for writing groups or learning
labs. Interested applicants must
explain how they would partner
or engage with the Waterloo
Library and the City’s library
programs.
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BOURKE STREET
COMMUNITY SHED
GLEBE TOWN HALL
WORKSHOP SPACE
15A Argyle Street,
15A Argyle Street,
Millers Point
Millers Point
Woolloomooloo
160 St John’s Rd,
Glebe
A multi-purpose 61sqm space
A multi-purpose 61sqm space
ideal for small informal meetings,
ideal for small informal meetings,
art classes and workshops is
art classes and workshops is
available along with office space
available along with office space
and a storage area. Located
and a storage area. Located
close to Circular Quay and
close to Circular Quay and
the Walsh Bay arts precinct,
the Walsh Bay arts precinct,
the activity centre would suit
the activity centre would suit
a community group with a
a community cultural,
group with
a
social or environmental
cultural, socialsustainability
or environmental
focus.
sustainability focus.
This 96sqm shed is located in
Bourke Street Park next to a
community garden. The successful
occupant could complement
activity in the garden or set up a
Men’s or Sheilas’ shed. Art and
craft workshops or job-ready
courses and lessons in sustainable
landscaping, seed propagation
and bicycle maintenance are
also possibilities. The successful
applicant will be responsible for
fitting out the shed with shelves,
tools and benches.
A 36sqm workshop and a 10sqm
storage room are available in the
heritage-listed building about
400m from Glebe Point Rd.
Glebe Town Hall has a number
of different spaces, including
three different halls, that can
be booked by community
members or organisations.
Other accommodation grant
tenants there include the Glebe
Community Development Project
and the Glebe Early Childhood
Centre.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Arts
Events
IN SYNC
The stage adaptation of classic 2000 teen
comedy film Bring It On is getting its
Australian premiere, writes Garrett Bithell.
For those of us who came of age
in the late 90s/early 2000s, Bring
It On was one of the high water
marks of the ubiquitous teen
comedy genre. Released in 2000,
and starring Kirsten Dunst, the
film was a smart, vibrant and
hilarious satire of American high
school culture.
In 2011, Bring It On was
adapted for the stage. With
music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel
Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda
Green, with a book by Jeff
Whitty, it premiered in 2011 at
the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta,
Georgia to rave reviews.
Now, Bring It On The Musical
is getting its Australian premiere at
NIDA Theatres, directed by Rod
Herbert and produced by Supply
Evolution.
“The musical offers all the
drama, crazy cheerleading stunts,
and dance routines that you
fell in love with in the movie,”
ensemble member Blake Hatton
tells SX. “However now we have
added incredible songs, extralovable characters, and all the
elements that live theatre has to
offer. We promise a high energy
show with thrilling stunts that
will keep you on the edge of your
seat, as well as music and dancing
that will have you itching to
jump up and sing along.”
Bring It On The Musical tells
the story of the challenges and
unexpected
bonds
formed
through the thrill of extreme
competition between rival high
school cheer squads.
“This show is unlike any show
I’ve ever done before,” Hatton says.
“I am not a trained cheerleader but
we have been drilled by our coach
and worked our arses off and now
I think I’ll have you fooled.
“This show has a mixture of
intense cheer choreography – or
‘cheerography’ as they call it – and
hip hop/commercial dancing, and
then we throw in an unhealthy
amount of cheer stunts on top of
that. As if singing, dancing and
acting weren’t already enough. Our
choreographer Tracy Rasmussen
and our cheer coach Melissa
McKenzie have been godsends and
worked together to make this a
visually fulfilling show with tonnes
of energy.”
Hatton is relishing the
diversity of roles he gets to play
as an ensemble member, “from
a preppy, privileged Truman
high student to a grungy rough
Jackson high student and all the
people in between”.
“The amount of times we
change back and forth from one
character to the next is very tiring
but that’s what makes it fun and
keeps things interesting.”
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Bring It On The Musical,
NIDA Theatres, 215 Anzac
Parade, Kensington, June 27
– July 7. Bookings at www.
bringitonthemusical.com.au
VENUS IN FUR
Eternity Playhouse until July 5
Bookings: (02) 8356 9987 or www.darlinghursttheatre.com
The voyeuristic kick that is David
Ives’ Venus in Fur is about a
smug playwright and a hungry
actress who meet in a rehearsal
room one rainy night. The
ensuing casting session sees
the pair of them doing battle for
ninety odd minutes. It is a faceoff like no other.
At the top of the play, Thomas
(Gareth Reeves) is at the end
of a long day in the studio
complaining over the phone to
his girlfriend about the thirty-five
incompetent actresses he has
just auditioned.
Our frustrated writer/director
is attempting to cast his
adaptation of “Venus in Furs” the
1870 novel by Viennese author
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
The part is that of a high-born
19th-century dominatrix, and
he hasn’t seen anyone who
can even “pronounce the word
‘degradation’ without a tutor?”
Be careful what you wish for
Thomas.
When Vanda (Anna Houston)
walks in, he almost immediately
wants to eject her. He is not
impressed by the silver-studded
dog collar she is wearing (out-ofperiod), and he’s clearly annoyed
when she insists Sacher-
Masoch’s book is “pornish”. Still
the frazzled, gum chewing starlet
seems intent on winning the
role and while Thomas is slightly
repelled, could he, in fact, have
found his ingénue? Or perhaps
he has met his worst nightmare?
Ives’ kinky, dark comedy
was the most produced play in
the US last year. It’s not hard
to see why. It’s steamy and
brainy at the same time. It has
been made into an effective film
(performed in French) by Roman
Polanski but it’s a consummately
theatrical piece so it’s good to
see it on stage where it can take
advantage of the strengths of the
medium it was written for.
Vanda is a gift of a role and
like her character Houston seizes
her opportunity. It is a brazenly
erotic but essentially delightful
comic performance. Her Vanda
strings along the audience (as
well as poor Thomas) keeping
us guessing about who she is
and what she wants. Is she a
‘mess’, a star in the making,
an ingenious stalker, or, in fact,
Venus herself? Houston is wellmatched by Reeves, who is
quietly authoritative in the less
showy role, and together they
have great chemistry.
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SCRUM: Join Queer Screen for a
special preview screening of Poppy
Stockell’s powerful documentary
Scrum. The film chronicles the
highs and lows of a trio of Sydney
Convicts players as the team prepare
for the Bingham Cup tournament
in Sydney. Part of the Sydney Pride
Festival, the screening will also
feature a Q&A with the filmmaker
and some of the players featured in
the movie. Wednesday, June 17,
7pm, Event Cinemas George Street,
queerscreen.org.au
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ENTERTAINMENT
SYDNEY STINGERS TRIVIA: Join Maxi
Shield, Portia Turbo and the handsome
lads from the Sydney Stingers at the sixth
annual ‘Are you Smarter than a Stinger?’
trivia night. Help the Stingers raise funds
for their globe-trotting endeavours and
enjoy fantastic acts from the boys as well
as brain-teasing trivia and drinks specials
all night. This year the team is headed for
Eurogames Stockholm in August and
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PRIDE @ STONEWALL: Sydney Pride
festivities are in full swing and there’s
a flurry of events happening at Pride
HQ, Stonewall Hotel. There’s trivia on
Monday, an authors’ night on Tuesday,
special Malebox on Wednesday, Boys
Bar Up with OX Live on Thursday, Orgy
of Drag on Friday, and Polly’s Follies on
Sunday. There’s something on every
night of the week, so be sure you stop by
the popular Oxford Street venue. Go to
sydneypride.com for the full line-up of
events. Stonewall Hotel is located at
175 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
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THEATRE
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The cast of Bring It On and, inset,
ensemble member Blake Hatton.
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ENTERTAINMENT
BINGAY’S WINTER WONDERLAND:
The first new-look monthly Bingay
launches this week and it’s going
to be a snow-stopper! The theme
is ‘Winter Wonderland’. “Think
Frozen meets Mardi Gras,” organisers
said. Bingay hostess Charisma Belle
will continue to oversee the madcap
proceedings alongside barrel babe
Naomi Palmer. “I’m absolutely
thrilled that it’s back,” Charisma
raved. Thursday, June 18, 7pm, The
Shift Club, Darlinghurst, $20 all
games, acon.org.au/bingay
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AURORA BALL: All eyes will be on
Sydney Town Hall this weekend when
it plays host to the annual Aurora Ball.
Taking to the stage are a stellar line-up of
stars including Katie Noonan, Michael
Falzon, Bobby Fox, Maeve Marsden,
Libby Wood and DJ Dirty Nelly. The
keynote speech will be delivered by
filmmaker Maya Newell. There are a
handful of tickets still available, so book
immediately to make sure you don’t miss
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