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The Homosexuals, or Faggots single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 The Homosexuals, or Faggots
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'FAGGOT (NOUN):

1/ A BALL OR ROLL OF SEASONED CHOPPED LIVER, BAKED OR FRIED

2/ A BUNDLE OF STICKS BOUND TOGETHER AS FUEL

3/ PEJORATIVE TERM FOR A MALE HOMOSEXUAL

'Warren and Kim are happily married—or as happily ‘married’ as two rich, white gay men in Australia can be. Perusing a dinner menu at a pub one night, they are mortally offended by the dinner special: ‘Faggots—with mashed potato and gravy.’

'Flash forward one month. The two men are preparing for a party in highly offensive costumes when they are surprised by an unexpected guest: a highly offend-able academic. To survive this night with their PC reputations intact, these homosexuals will have to negotiate a moral minefield (in heels). The result is a farce of epic proportions.'

Source: Production summary (Malthouse).

Production Details

  • Presented by Griffin Theatre Company in association with Malthouse Theatre.

    Performed at the Merlyn Theatre, Southbank Victoria : 17 February - 12 March 2017.

    Performed at the Griffin Theatre, Sydney, 17 March - 29 April 2017.

    Director: Lee Lewis.

    Cast includes Mama Alto, Simon Burke, Simon Corfield, Genevieve Lemon, Lincoln Younes.

    Set and Costume Designer: Marg Horwell.

    Lighting Designer: Trent Suidgeest.

    Sound Designer and Composer: Steve Toulmin.

    Assistant to the Director: Charles O'Grady.

    Stage Manager: Rhianne Perrie.

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First known date: 2017
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Works about this Work

The Homosexuals, or Faggots : New Play Satirises White Privileged Gay Life – and Rings True Steve Dow , 2017 single work review essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 February 2017; 'An upcoming piece of queer theatre by Declan Greene reflects uncomfortable truths for those it skewers.'
The Homosexuals, or Faggots : New Play Satirises White Privileged Gay Life – and Rings True Steve Dow , 2017 single work review essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 February 2017; 'An upcoming piece of queer theatre by Declan Greene reflects uncomfortable truths for those it skewers.'
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