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Reminder of what's coming up in Albany, WA - March 2023:

Albany Pride is excited to announce the launch of the Albany Pride Festival 2023 program – featuring an impressive and diverse lineup of events.

Albany Pride Festival will return in 2023 from Friday, 3rd – Sunday, 12th March. The theme for this year’s Pride Festival is “Let’s Get Visible”, with visibility and inclusion being a guiding focus for the program – and providing a fun, ‘80s-esque design theme.

The Pride Festival will bring the usual mix of frivolity and celebration, drag, arts events, active games and competitions, and family and youth events, but the upcoming festival has had a particular concentration on providing a more diverse range of events, and a focus on accessibility and inclusion.

As well as providing a time of celebration and community for the region’s local LGBTIQA+ community, the Albany Pride Festival has grown to become a tourist event for the region, bringing in hundreds of visitors providing a boost for the local economy – and a time to show off everything Albany/Kinjarling and the surrounding regions have to offer as a place to visit, and indeed, live.

Grab your tickets, learn more and see the full line up at www.albanypridefestival.com.au

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This event is not run or managed by AusPride. Contact the event organiser listed above for details and more info. Info correct at time of publication.

Albany Pride Festival 2023 is coming this March!

Grab your tickets, learn more and see the full line up at www.albanypridefestival.com.au

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This event is not run or managed by AusPride. Contact the event organiser listed above for details and more info. Info correct at time of publication.

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Coming THIS Sunday in St Kilda, Victoria:
Midsumma Pride March Viewing Celebration and After Party

About this event:
Euphoria Social ( on Insta) events are an opportunity to celebrate a grassroots LGBTQIA+ Mental Health movement organisation doing things differently. A percentage of ticket sales will go to the Queerspace, a LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing support service.

Hosted by Bianka Ismailovski & Featuring YO! MAFIA, Emily Williams, Ruby Slippers, Tanzer, Sarah C, Just Shy, Evana De Lune, Gina Stirling, Spencer Street, DJ Eloise Etto, DJ Bec Mac, Clint Oris, Blayk, Greg Gould and more.

Free haircuts, free facials by SADA MEN, free beverages from 5pm Hard Seltzers, giveaways and more. Plus an international pro make up artist, glitter bar, 360 Photobooth, snacks, DJs, performers and more!

When and where:
Date: This Sunday, 5th Feb 2023
From: 11am – 4pm
Location: Prince Bandroom, St Kilda (Victoria)
Tickets and more info: https://princebandroom.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/89691df4-de74-4d7a-933e-0966493e9861?Event=156784 ⬅️⬅️ Book now! Plus if you book before the day, check out on Instagram (their pinned post) to find out how you can enter into their MASSIVE giveaway. (Hint: buying your ticket to this event is the first way to enter!)

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This event is not run or managed by AusPride. Contact the event organiser for more information. This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser ( on Instagram or https://www.euphoriasocial.org/).

Coming up in Albany, WA - March 2023:

Albany Pride is excited to announce the launch of the Albany Pride Festival 2023 program – featuring an impressive and diverse lineup of events.

Albany Pride Festival will return in 2023 from Friday, 3rd – Sunday, 12th March. The theme for this year’s Pride Festival is “Let’s Get Visible”, with visibility and inclusion being a guiding focus for the program – and providing a fun, ‘80s-esque design theme.

The Pride Festival will bring the usual mix of frivolity and celebration, drag, arts events, active games and competitions, and family and youth events, but the upcoming festival has had a particular concentration on providing a more diverse range of events, and a focus on accessibility and inclusion.

As well as providing a time of celebration and community for the region’s local LGBTIQA+ community, the Albany Pride Festival has grown to become a tourist event for the region, bringing in hundreds of visitors providing a boost for the local economy – and a time to show off everything Albany/Kinjarling and the surrounding regions have to offer as a place to visit, and indeed, live.

Grab your tickets, learn more and see the full line up at www.albanypridefestival.com.au

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This event is not run or managed by AusPride. Contact the event organiser listed above for details and more info. Info correct at time of publication.

Coming up in Darlinghurst, NSW:

'Meraki Takeover'
Presented during Sydney WorldPride 2023

Join Fruit Box Theatre as they take over all three levels of Oxford Street’s newest venue, Meraki Arts Bar. With several shows a night from Tuesday - Saturday, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Music, comedy, cabaret and more! Come join us on Oxford Street.

When and where:
Performance Dates: 28 February - 11 March 2023
Venue: Meraki Arts Bar, Gig Bar

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This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser, Fruit Box Theatre. This event is not run or managed by AusPride.

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Upcoming in Marrickville, NSW:

'Nails Must Be Kept Short: The Warm Up'
Book and Lyrics by Sophie Davis and Laura McDonald
Music by Harry Collins

Proudly Supported by Inner West Council.

Developed through Fruit Box Theatre’s RIPE Development Program and presented during Sydney WorldPride 2023.

It’s not what’s on the bib that matters, it’s who’s underneath it.

Nails Must Be Kept Short: The Warm Up is the premiere showcase of music from new Australian musical by Sophie Davis and Laura McDonald, with music by Harry Collins.

This cutting-edge comedy satirises the damaging ideologies often present in religious institutions through the guise of a netball cult.

Worlds collide when The Untouchaballs, a q***r social team, get promoted to the big time - an elite league in Sydney's North. The league's golden girl, Bec, finds herself at a crossroads when the new players shake up the strict culture of the netball scene. As things heat up, both on and off the court, Bec must confront some uncomfortable truths. Can she take the heat? Will she be able to respect the 'no contact' rule when a new player in the opposition catches her eye?

Meanwhile, the q***r players are on a ride of their own, thrust into a world that doesn’t accept them. The pressure is on as the desire to belong turns a great sporting opportunity into a nightmare.

With a banging repertoire of contemporary rock-pop numbers, Nails Must Be Kept Short uses music and humour to dismantle the dangerous effects of oppressive ideologies. It's a chaotic, outrageous and unforgettable celebration of being exactly who you are.

Don't miss your shot.

When and where:
Performance Dates: 1 March - 3 March
Venue: Factory Floor, Factory Theatre
Time: 7:30 - 8:30pm
Link: https://www.factorytheatre.com.au/event/nails-must-be-kept-short-the-warm-up/

Credits and people:
Book and Lyrics / Directors Sophie Davis and Laura McDonald
Music Harry Collins
Music Director Zara Stanton
Producer Sarah Carroll
Executive Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Designer Isobel Sanby
Dramaturg Rowan Brunt
AV Matthew Miceli Photography

With Addy Robertson, Cypriana Singh, CJ, Jack Francis West, Katelin Koprivec, Kayla-Rose De Sousa, Laurie-Ann Wooley, Madeleine Wighton, Marissa Saroca and Sinead Cristaudo.

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This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser, Fruit Box Theatre. This event is not run or managed by AusPride.

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Coming up in Darlinghurst, NSW:

'Comfort, Spin, Travel'
A Play by Lu Bradshaw

Developed through Fruit Box Theatre’s RIPE Development Program and presented during Sydney WorldPride 2023.

“I carry with me an illustrious history of anger”

It’s 11:00pm and our trans-masculine narrator is in a deserted Officeworks. They are playing “Comfort, Spin, Travel”, a game designed to test the efficacy of wheely chairs.

A playful exploration of family, community, and gender identity, Comfort, Spin, Travel explores the responsibility placed on trans people to advocate, educate, and be endlessly patient. How do we measure the usefulness of a person? And what happens when you stop playing the game?

When and where:
Performance Dates: 24 February - 11 March 2023
Venue: Main Stage, Meraki Arts Bar
Link: https://events.humanitix.com/comfort-spin-travel?_ga=2.64445039.1770021937.1670146338-37408148.1641355307

Credits and people:
Writer Lu Bradshaw
Director Emma Burns
Producer Em Small
Executive Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Lighting Designer Thomas Hicks
Sound Designer Georgia Condon
Dramaturg Rowan Brunt
AV Matthew Miceli Photography

Performer Hadrian Conyngham
Worker Rachel Seeto

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This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser, Fruit Box Theatre. This event is not run or managed by AusPride.

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Hey, Perth (and surrounds)👋 - Are you ready for Fringe World 2023?

The q***r collective Burlezque is back with an intimate and thought-provoking new show.

A one-hour production performed as part of the program.

About the Show:
BurLEZque is normal. Totally normal. Everything is fine.

What the heck is ‘normal’?!

BurLEZque peels back the layers and inspects what boils underneath these expectations.

Blending in while standing out, the creators of award-winning concept shows ‘Pillow Talk’ and ‘Spellbound’ tackle the everyday, the average, the expected - and how it feels to find yourself on the wrong side of normal.

Through their celebrated and unique blend of storytelling and live performance, BurLEZque examines what puts pressure on the ability to conform and invites you to consider what is normal; and why do we care?

★★★★★ “You’ll be cheering so loud you’ll leave hoarse and your hands will throb from applauding” - FringeFeed 2022

“You will be taken on a ride that you will not want to get off” - Magazine6000, 2022

When and where?
Location: The Big Top, The Pleasure Garden (Russell Square James St & Shenton Street, Northbridge WA 6003)
When: 14-19 Feb 2023, 9.20pm (duration 90 mins approx)
Age restrictions: Yes - 18 years and over only.
Content warning: Contains mild nudity, sexual references, and course language.

GRAB YOUR TICKETS / LEARN MORE:
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/burlezque-is-normal-fw2023
Like the event? Follow BurLEZque on Facebook and Instagram

About the presenters:
BurLEZque is a triumphant celebration of sexuality. We present work for q***r audiences, by q***r performers. BurLEZque strives to empower audiences through thought-provoking entertainment and LGBTQIA+ representation within the community.

Since its inception in 2018, BurLEZque has been making waves in the burlesque scene by filling a niche within the industry. Four-time winners of the FRINGE WORLD Weekly Cabaret Award and recipients of the 2022 Perth Critics’ Choice Award, BurLEZque has established a reputation as a polished, high-quality troupe of performers exploring issues of sexuality, individuality, q***r representation and education, and what it means to know yourself.

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Upcoming in Ultimo, NSW:

'Act Natural'
A Play by Miso Bell

Developed through Fruit Box Theatre’s RIPE Development Program and presented during Sydney WorldPride 2023 in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company.

Watch yourself (live on camera)

A crew of amateur documentary filmmakers convince a timid recluse, Sam, to let them film him for a “quick” university project. Seven years later they are still filming. The constant gaze of the camera corrodes Sam into a dark, desperate imitation of the crew's ideal subject. Until he is no longer controllable, no longer just a subject but a force of subjugation.
He is abandoned. Alone for the first time in years. With no camera, no director and no audience, Sam is left to wade through the waters of person and persona. Feeling himself sink, he turns to the footage of the last seven years.
Act Natural is a q***r ontological thriller that explores the performativity of gender and sexuality - can you truly decipher the line between a performed self and a true self?

Join us for a staged reading of Act Natural – the first public showing of this new play and a taster of what’s to come.

When and where:
Performance Date: 16 February 2023
Venue: KXT On Broadway
Link: https://events.humanitix.com/fruit-box-pride

Credits and people:
Writer Miso Bell
Director Emma Burns
Producer / Dramaturg Rowan Brunt
Executive Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Costume Designer Daniel Rogers
Stage Manager Alex Bryant
Assistant Director Rebekah Parsons
AV Matthew Miceli Photography

Sam Clay Crighton
Director Marty Quinn
AD ‘Ana Ika
Boom Op Ziggy Resnick

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This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser, Fruit Box Theatre. This event is not run or managed by AusPride.

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Upcoming event - Ultimo, New South Wales

'Back to Birdy'
A Play by Z Bui

Developed through Fruit Box Theatre’s RIPE Development Program and presented during Sydney WorldPride 2023 in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company.

About the event:
Everything’s on the table.

Sometimes the longest friendships are the most complicated ones. Warren and Emily have been best friends since high school, suffering together through sh*tty teachers, coming out and failed relationships. Since Warren’s transition, it’s become obvious that there are lots of things they’re not saying to each other. In one conversation at a pub, it all comes out.

Back to Birdy explores the relationship between trans men and q***r women, issuing a call for empathy and understanding in our own backyard.

Join us for a staged reading of Back to Birdy – the first public showing of this new play and a taster of what’s to come.

Date and time:
Performance Date: 16 February 2023
Venue: KXT On Broadway (181 Broadway, Ultimo - Kings Cross Theatre, New South Wales)
More info and tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/fruit-box-pride

Cast and credits:
Writer Z Bui
Director Lu Bradshaw
Producer Emily Henderson
Executive Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Costume Designer Daniel Rogers
Stage Manager Alex Bryant
Dramaturg Rowan Brunt
AV Matthew Miceli Photography

Warren Tyler Dias
Emily Rebekah Parsons
Past Warren Hadrian Conyngham
Past Emily CJ
Prue/Helen Kayla-Rose De Sousa
Candace/Rick Rachel Seeto

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This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser, Fruit Box Theatre. This event is not run or managed by AusPride.

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Upcoming event - Ultimo, New South Wales

'Big Screen, Small Queen (Everything I Didn’t Learn At Film School)'
A One-Woman-Show by Etcetera Etcetera

Presented by Fruit Box Theatre during Sydney WorldPride 2023 in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company.

About the event:
Etcetera Etcetera is a drag superstar on the rise – but there’s some unresolved artistic conflict in her past. It’s time for her to open up about her struggles at film school and breaking into the film industry as a gender rebel and less-than-mainstream artist.

Come along and discover everything she didn’t learn at film school in a hilarious and jaw-dropping interpretation of the history of cinema. Watch as she plays characters straight from the silver screen and shows some of her own films she made in film school. Life is a movie – and she’s the star. Get the popcorn ready!

Dates and times:
Performance Dates: 11 - 23 February 2023
Venue: KXT On Broadway (181 Broadway, Ultimo - Kings Cross Theatre, New South Wales)
More info and tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/fruit-box-pride

Cast and credits:
Writer / Performer Etcetera Etcetera
Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Costume Designer Erin Carroll Designs
Tracks DJ Argonaut
Choreographer Carter Rickard
Set Designer Soham Apte
Lighting Designer Kate Baldwin
Assistant Producer Millsya Theda
Stage Manager Alex Bryant
AV Matthew Miceli Photography

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This event was submitted to AusPride by the event organiser, Fruit Box Theatre. This event is not run or managed by AusPride.

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