Theatre21

27/01/2016

Dear Friends:

Thank you for all for so enthusiastically supporting Kaleidoscope in 2015. We're delighted to announce that the show has been picked up by one of Sydney's most up and coming independent companies, Montague Basement, for their 2016 season!

You can stay tuned here for updates on the show, but we thoroughly recommend heading over and liking Montague Basement's page to really keep your finger on the pulse of Kaleidoscope's Mardi Gras season.

We make theatre.

02/12/2015

Charlie wrote a small note to accompany our debut run of Kaleidoscope and the associated exhibition of art created by trans and gender diverse artists at M2 Gallery, which you can read below.

Check out the rest of his published Wordpress material for more excellent content.

(From the program note for Theatre21's production of Kaleidoscope, the first run of a show which will hopefully run many, many times more.) It was October last year when Finn Davis texted me out of...

23/11/2015

After a long hiatus, we are excited to announce that our debut production Kaleidoscope will be presenting a second, two-week season at Kings Cross Theatre during the 2016 Sydney Gay and Le***an Mardi Gras!

We are beyond happy to have the opportunity to share this show again.

Please like this page for updates on the production's new season. And also to continue enjoying our prettiful photography.

25/08/2015

The first run of Kaleidoscope is over, but it doesn't stop here! Stay tuned for news about the next step in this show's journey.

Thanks to M2 Gallery for having us this week, and thanks to all of you who came to see the show! We couldn't have done it without you.

23/08/2015

All set for the final night of our first season of Kaleidoscope, by Charlie O'Grady. Thank you deeply to all who have supported the show, and us, thus far. We are so grateful, and so so excited for the future of the show.

22/08/2015

Alex Smiles on Kaleidoscope: https://illusiory.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/kaleidoscope/

There are still two nights left to see the show! Be sure to book some tickets or show up at the door tonight or tomorrow. trybooking.com/irgy

"You do not fit inside your body. It is yours but you have outgrown its shape. If only your skin could grow as you grow, change as you change, stretch to fit you. If only you could become something...

12/08/2015

Tickets to the first season of Kaleidoscope at M2 Gallery are selling fast, and we're finally ready to unveil the amazing project that Nadia Bracegirdle has been working on for us.

Horse_ebooks manages to turn out some absolute gems. Sometimes they're gems that can be read as oblique but poignant references to experiences of gender dysphoria, so Nadia thought 'Why not embroider them?'

Here are Charlie O'Grady and Harry Winsome modelling two of the results in a photo by Alex Smiles.

11/08/2015

Charlie was commissioned to write a piece about theatre and gender and representation for Honi Soit. He talked a lot about Kaleidoscope, and our preview at Desire Books.

Read it here if you want to know more about the show, then book tickets with the 'Book Now' button above! We open in just over a week so there's no time to waste.

At 7:30pm on the 24th of July, I am looking down upon what ought to be my finest moment as an artist. We lugged several bags of props and a deconstructed clothes rack from campus to a Circular Quay...

28/07/2015

Thanks to everyone who came to the preview of Kaleidoscope at Desire Books on Friday! We're looking forward to seeing you again at our season. (Stay tuned!)

Here are our actor and writer Harry Winsome and Charlie O'Grady, looking tired but delighted after the show.

23/07/2015

Charlie and Harry are unspeakably excited to introduce you to their character Gabe tomorrow night at the preview show of Kaleidoscope. Photo credit to the awesome Alex Smiles!

Come and get an early peek at Desire Books tomorrow evening!
Event: http://on.fb.me/1TZ7eQT
Tickets: http://bit.ly/1DwrDCh

18/07/2015

We think this poem published on Wild Gender is absolutely amazing. Check it out!

Poem by Gabe Moses, courtesy of Genderqueer Chicago.

14/07/2015

Charlie's been busy getting published by the awesome Archer Magazine - a publication you definitely want to take a look at.

If you just can't wait to experience more of his writing, remember you can always get an early peek at Kaleidoscope by attending our preview show on the 24th!

The first time I can remember seeing a trans person on TV was Silence of the Lambs. It was at a movie night with friends and we gasped and laughed and hid behind our hands as Buffalo Bill sneered “it puts the lotion in the basket”. I didn’t know what it meant then, or who I was –I only knew that wha…