November 14 - 29 2009
| Journeys Made This is an innovative installation piece. A shared sound experience celebrating diverse cultures. One of South Australia’s most experimental and innovative queer artist, Jason Sweeney, designer, Nicola Connor and director Daniel Clarke have worked with members of the GLTBIQ community from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to develop a new sound installation piece. Discover what stories were told and hear how these remarkable personal experiences have been captured through sound. A visual and aural adventure. Pay what you can at the door |
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Bison After the success of Blowing Whistles in 2008, Focus Theatre is coming back to Feast to present their new work Bison. Already a hit at Belvoir Street Theatre as part of this year's Mardi Gras festival, Bison will prove to be another huge hit here in Adelaide. Inspired by Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott's experiences on the scene, Bison follows four guys as they search for that illusive special something in the gay hunting grounds of Sydney and beyond. "Bison is the herd - out there on the scene, sniffing at the arse of the guy in front, following the same route to the bars, clubs, saunas and beats," says Director Pete Nettell. "Lachlan reveals the underbelly of the gay world: the play is full of recognisable characters and situations; it's very funny, but very disturbing too." Bison tells a warts and all story with intelligence, humour, tenderness and honesty and its wry observations about gay life - past, present and virtual - are right on the money. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Bridgeland Zwei bridge markland changes her identities like underwear. The Berlin dance-theatre-performance-artist is a virtuoso of roleplay and transformation. A chameleon who throws herself into many extremes, but isn't merely limited to one of them. She is an artist who effortlessly crosses all boundaries between sub and high-culture, dance, theatre, performance, cabaret and erotic-art. Her specialties are transgenderperformances in which the audience can experience the change of woman to man (or vice versa). There is an erotic aura around her in all roles and genders. She has female and male sex-appeal far away from hetero or homosexual limits and all inscribed identities. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Casual Music Day - Sam Lohs, Sally Dastey & Rosie Burgess "Want to listen to the cool sounds of some of our best HomeGrown musicians, then come along to Casual Music Sunday, sit back, relax and enjoy three of Australia's best. Sam Lohs, best known for her work as the lead singer and songwriter of the internationally acclaimed Australian band Fruit, will play with Sally Dastey formerly from Tiddas and Rosie Burgess, who has been called "one of our country's best rising stars". Together they will play some of their quirky and original music from their solo albums. With a line up this good you will need to book early to avoid disappointment." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Comedy Gayla Following sell out seasons in 2007 and 2008 Feast's premier comedy event is back and packed into two hilarious nights of stand up showcasing some of Australia's best queer comics, including Anthony Menchetti, Hannah Gadsby, Dolly Diamond, the boys from Up Late with Andy & Adrian and Adelaide's own funny girl Lori Bell. Don't miss out! For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Dolly Diamond UK Diva Dolly Diamond returns to Feast to unleash her wicked sense of humour on Adelaide audiences. Dolly teases her audience and takes them on a musical journey, re-working some well known songs to hilarious effect, including favourites I Will Survive (The Beckhams) and Que Sera Sera. Be ready to be captivated by a unique cabaret experience from one of Australia's newest residents. "Dripping in warmth, charm, guts, talent and energy... with a voice like honey over gravel. It is a real treat to experience this skilled and compelling performer." melbournestage.com.au For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Dye Young/Stay Pretty New York City 1976, the most exciting era in musical history. The Ramones, Television and a new band... Blondie. Wolverhampton UK 1976, a desperate girl with bleached out dreams begs and steals to meet her heroine. One way or another. This show is a sex, sounds and drug-fuelled adventure, with a dazzling soundtrack plucked straight from New York club CBGB. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Enthusiasm Please "Disorientated in a world of complex social order. Angry that there's no handbook on attracting lovers. Armed with ukuleles, Anya & Phi embark on a delicious quest to understand the universe: all of its rudeness, all of its beauty, all of its cupcakes." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Fairy Tales Attention Dames and Squires! A Wink and A Smile Burlesque is back using charm and flair to concoct a magical line up featuring bewitching burlesque, vampy vaudeville, cheesecake cabaret and glam drag destined to put a twist in your tail! For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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HomeGrown Garden Wonderlands Book early for our 45 seater bus and experience queer HomeGrown gardens to inspire and delight. Gardens to be visited this year are a surprise. Expect tropical tranquility, voluptuous settings, formal spaces, water features, intimate oases, secret places, profusions of plantings, garden art, romantic visions and creative fusions. Our journey takes us from the city to the Hills. Lunch at the Organic Market Café, delicious morning and afternoon tea stops are a feature. If you've been on a Feast Garden Tour you know how special a day it is, full of horticultural bliss and friendly people. Never been? Treat yourself to this unique Feast experience. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| From Metal To Maternal Word and music collide in Jade Starr's autobiographical acoustic rock cabaret show. Follow the unique roller coaster journey of a transgender woman's battle to transition, leaving behind a world of anger, drugs and heavy metal music. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Gay Conversion Direct from critically acclaimed seasons on the Australian and International comedy circuits, Anthony Menchetti (NBC's 'Last Comic Standing' and 'the comedy channel') takes us behind the scenes of what really happened when his wacky parents sent him to a Christian Gay Conversion School to rid him of his homosexuality. This hilarious stand up comedy show exposes the ironies of an organisation that, amongst other absurdities, attempts to cure homosexuality and promote abstinence by placing a group of sexually frustrated gay men together in a small room to discuss their sexual fantasies and then insist they remain celibate! Anthony explores the colourful characters who make up his story, including his fellow students, the hapless recidivist facilitators and, not least of all, the people who sent him to Gay Conversion School in the first place, his passionately evangelical, born-again German mother and his unconventionally Roman Catholic Italian father. The true story of one man's journey to find peace between the conflicting worlds of religion and sexuality. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| GenderF**k Ball Grab a frock and bring your dancing pants because its time for this years GenderF**k Ball. The theme is Same-Same... but different, so step outside the limitations and f**k with gender. All ages are welcome and there will special Feast Mocktails for those under age. Come one, come all, its sure to be a night where anything is possible and everything is probable. There will be a warm up party in the basement @ 7pm. Featuring Adelaide's top queer DJ's and more. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Granny Flaps - Opens Up This year Granny will be flapping it up at Feast in the premiere performance of her first ever solo show! From the unusual mind of Adelaide's HomeGrown queer comic Lori Bell, comes the life and loves of the one and only Granny Flaps. This moo-moo wearing ukulele lady will steal your heart and warm your thighs as she sings her songs of first times, last times, battery operated devices and a nasty little infection. Come along, but please, don't sing along. Not for the easily offended. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Gurlesque - A WOW Of A Show Celebrating 10 years in show business, Australia's leading Burlesque show returns to Feast after sell out shows in London, Brisbane, Midsumma and Mardi Gras. Come and see what paved the way for the new era of Burlesque as it was intended - bent, dirty, fun, camp, educational, innovative and absolutely sexy. This all new explosive show will feature some of Sydney's most spectacular starlettes Glitta Supernova, Sex Intents, Kira Carden (Hu-la-la), Wife, Vixen Noir (Sweet Deliverance-San Fran) and more, plus DJ Gemma (club kooky).For the first time in Adelaide, Gurlesque will open her doors to welcome people of all gender persuasions. Women, men, trans, queer, straight and all those beautiful creatures in between. Two shows only. You've got to be there. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Hannah Gadsby Hannah has experienced a lifetime of slow motion adventures. This event will be a slide show for the confused, a post card for the disenfranchised and a status update for the lonely but savvy. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| I Can See Queerly Now 7 - Queer Real "Feast's I Can See Queerly film making project has been running for 6 years and is one of Australia's most successful. ICSQN 7 - Queer Real is Feast's HomeGrown film project which gives four of Adelaide's queer emerging filmmakers the opportunity to create their own documentaries. Over three months they will be mentored by industry professionals with the support of Feast and the MRC, the result will be high quality documentaries ready for Feast and then the world! Make sure your one of the first to see what this year's queer Adelaide filmmakers have created. Proof and Experiment A portrait of Adelaide-based author/artist/musician Joelie Croser, a mother of two with a broad body of work spanning multiple media. Incorporating her latest SALA exhibition, With In Sight (with Duncan Campbell), this short documentary provides a unique insight into the life of this dedicated, passionate creative figure through Joelie's friends, family, writing, art and music. Produced by Sam Cherry Believe it This experimental work explores the relationship between Christianity and homosexuality, inspired by the perspectives of South Australians. Through interviews, movement has been generated as a response to the findings and presented through the hybridisation of film, dance and documentary. Produced by Chris Scherer SA Gay The multi talented Dr Gertrude Glossip, one of the quirkiest and most informative gay icons of South Australia, discusses the past, present and future of queer culture in Adelaide. From the days of the Buckingham Arms hotel in the 70s to the outrageous nights of the Mars Bar in 2009 this documentary is a historical, fascinating insight into the world of Adelaide's ever evolving gay community. Produced by: Chad Leader Welcome To The New Breed Of Pop Docs There weren't many pops singers in the country town of Mildura where Ryan Davies grew up, let alone openly gay ones. We follow Ryan's journey over the course of a weekend witnessing an important rite of passage for any performer: the first music video shoot. We gain insights into this complex and engaging performer. On the surface he's good-looking and cocky but don't let his megawatt smile fool you - he knows where he's headed and what it means to finally pursue his dream. Produced by Sophie Lamonto For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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In The Arms Of A Lion "In the Arms of a Lion, by Peter Van Der Merwe, co-written with renowned director Penelope Chater, is a fictionalised autobiographic exploration of Van Der Merwe's childhood, set in the 1980s during the violent death throes of Apartheid, one of history's most organised systems of racial oppression. In the Arms of a Lion explores the forces of religion, racism, sexuality, and above all, fear, upon one family as it struggles to understand itself in a time of violent change. There is a dark secret at the heart of this family, laid bare in the harrowing conclusion." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Legless "Legless are three crazy punk rock chicks that have made a lasting impression from Japan to Afghanistan. The Schoolgirl, Policewoman and Bride deliver a high energy performance that consists of some of the catchiest tunes on the planet. If you are ready for an all girl rock band with skills and attitude, then look no further. With two highly acclaimed albums and a third on the way, Legless are a band not to miss." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Like It Is A talented ensemble of young performers tell it like it is. Queer, young and living in Adelaide. This is bold new theatre; honest, provocative and original in its execution. What are Adelaidians' opinions, beliefs and levels of acceptance of diverse sexualities within our society? What level and type of homophobia and discrimination are experienced on a day to day basis? Are same-sex couples visible on the Adelaide streets, and if not, why not? How safe do same-sex attracted people feel in shared public spaces? A theatrical investigation led by Daniel Clarke and a team of professional artists including choreographer Jay Robinson and film maker, Shannon Crotty performed by community members. Lighting and sound design by Ben Flett. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| METROPOLIS A Showing Of Works By Independent Film Makers From The Philippines Beyond the shadows of the bustling metropolis lies a hidden world to be discovered where urban warriors are creating a buzz in the scene surprising critics & audiences around the world with their electrifying energy. This raw & neo-realistic film is a story about love & family values that evokes the essence of street life in Manila 's slums like no other indie film. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Nobody Does It Like Me Adelaide's own Benjamin Finn, along with Musical Director/Accompanist Matthew Carey present some fierce music theatre cabaret unlike any you have seen before. If there's a wrong way to say it, a wrong way to play it, Nobody Does It Like Me. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Other-Wise A gutsy one-person theatre, animation, movement, comedy and multimedia show! The dog ate my gender. Children, can you say transgender? A hide-and-seek peekaboo at coming out to family, gender policing, boy tits and the courage it takes to be true to oneself. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Queer, Gifted & Blak 3 This one-off event explores family through the eyes, hearts and creativity of nine performers and artists from South Australia's gay and lesbian Indigenous community. The performance is the culmination of a ground breaking community cultural development project exploring experiences of family through song, storytelling, dance, visual art and multi media by this wonderfully diverse group of artists. The performers include Kym Wanganeen, Naomi Hicks, Liz Hurrell, Chris Bromley, Tempest Sumner-Lovett, Raymond Zada, Violet Buckskin, Pascoe Braun and Bona Simeki. Prepare to be inspired and entertained as First Queers explore Family. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| QueerDocs Cocktails/Dinner Inviting all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer and Intersex doctors and medical students to a warm and cosy gathering at the end of Feast Festival. A relaxed gathering around cocktails and later dinner to discuss the latest in queer medicine. Please book early. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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QueerSpray Ever fancied yourself as an Aerosol Artist? Well here is your chance to prove it... or learn for the first time! Join world renowned aerosol artist 'VANS THE OMEGA' for 1 of only 2 workshops learning the techniques of aerosol art. Only 20 places available. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| She "A dark road, a hetero cute couple, a haunted house. The ghosts of Rocky Horror Picture Show come alive as She goes vamp! Drawing upon burlesque, horror, porn and B-grade classics, She is an exploration of local women's notions of desire. What does She desire? And just what does She bury so She can remain a good/nice/pretty girl? Join new and established performers, as they throw off the shackles of duty and choose to get dirty. Cranky over cute, risky rather than responsible pleasures will errupt before your eyes. Devised by community performers in conjunction with director Aurora Murphy, sound artist Rachelle Higgins, and burlesque performer Miss Cherry Valens." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Sing Out Since 2007 Sing Out!, Feast's queer community songwriting project has created HomeGrown original songs and live music, culminating in sell out performances. Sing Out! explores the rich diversity of life stories, experiences and passions of people from Adelaide GLBTIQ communities. Each life story is presented in song and performed by some of Adelaide's finest singer/ songwriter/musicians through a fertile collaborative and creative process. Developed by award winning musician Heather Frahn and social worker Laura Bahnisch, the concept continues to flourish, connecting people through song and performance. This year's talented crop of participants and artists guarantees a rich harvest of song and live music. One performance only! For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Women's Speed Dating They say you can't hurry love, but we want to prove them wrong! Come and join us for some girl on girl speed dating action at Higher Ground. There will be plenty of fast paced questions to find out what your date's really like, fabulous hosts and lots of good conversation. Instructions will be issued on the night but like any good girl scout (love a girl in uniform, is that wrong?!) it helps to be prepared! Dress up, smile, relax and get ready to meet your special someone! After the dating event there's loads of action in the cabaret space upstairs to keep you going into the early hours of the morning, if you need some more entertainment that is For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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Adelaide Sleaze Ball 2009 - 'Uniform Party' (not to conform!) This event is the flagship party of the Feast Festival and a Charity Fundraiser for ACSA (AIDS Council of SA). For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| The Dead Ones "This much anticipated solo, work-in-progress, performance is the first created by Margie Fischer since her critically acclaimed, award winning show The Gay Divorcee. While clearing out their house after the death of everyone in her immediate family, Fischer became fascinated with what is left behind when loved ones die. Throughout this time she documented her feelings and the processes involved. The Dead Ones explores her family stories through the objects left behind. The performance format is a museum tour with Fischer as tour guide. This story telling, multi media presentation is a taste of the full work in development for 2010." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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The Fabulous Frances Faye Charismatic performer Nick Christo pays tribute to one of the bawdiest broads of all time in this wild cocktail of swinging jazz, crazy bongo rhythms, smoke dipped one liners and cool ex husbands on horn! Sizzle to the sounds of the LB Little Big Band serving all the finger snapping shakers like... Fever, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate and The Man I Love! Nominated for a 2008 Sydney Theatre Critics Award for Best Cabaret, the show was a hit at both the Sydney Mardi Gras and Adelaide Cabaret Festivals and returns from a sell-out New York season at Manhattan's iconic Don't Tell Mama. For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| Up Late with Andy & Adrian As hosts of breakfast radio on JOY 94.9, Andy & Adrian have waxed lyrical with the likes of Dannii Minogue to Joan Rivers, but it's in their live show when the G rating is dropped and the late night shenanigans begin. Join the boys as they bring their sold out show to Adelaide, reliving the stories that have defined their relationship and their radio careers. Show will feature a special guest performance and will also be broadcast on JOY 94.9. Live without the dump button! For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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| queerDoc This year Feast presents three of the best new queer Documentaries from around the globe plus Patrik 1.5, a fantastic feature from Sweden. Documentaries screen at the intimate Iris Cinema, Patrik 1.5 screens at the larger Mercury Cinema. The Iris has only 36 seats so do book to avoid disappointment. Assume Nothing In this award winning film about transgendered life in the Indigenous cultures of our South Pacific neighbours is brought to the screen in beautiful and enlightening ways. Assume Nothing focuses on the performances, photography and art of five alternative gender artists of Maori, Samoan-Japanese, and European descent. Interviews and intimate glimpses of the artists' lives are interspersed with lush Super-8, 2-D and 3-D animations, photographs and beautifully staged performances, blurring the conventions of documentary as freely as the conventions of gender. Playful and provocative, Assume Nothing travels from New Zealand to New York exploring the creative world that flourishes between and beyond genders. Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement Edie met Thea 45 years ago. "We danced so long, I wore a hole in my stocking". In this inspiring doco Edie and Thea sit beside each other and reminisce as a slide show of their shared life plays out before them. What makes this film truly special is their unfaltering, soul-quaking love for one another and their quirky charisma. Like all good love stories it ends in a wedding. Finally after their very long engagement, Edie and Thea make their way down the aisle for a fittingly poetic and playful climax of their life together. This must see film explores our community's history, while charting one couples courageous passage through it. It is a life both ordinary and extraordinary, from their very visible romance in the closeted pre-Stonewall 60s to the present. Fig Trees This must see film won the 2009 Teddy Award (Berlin International Film Festival) for best documentary. Much celebrated queer director John Greyson has created a work as cheeky as it is moving, as magical as it is factual, as invigorating as it is sobering. You've never seen anything quite like this documentary opera (yes, it's an opera) on the history of AIDS activism. Combining commentary on the corporate greed of pharmaceutical companies, the fictional portrayal of positive people, celebrity do-gooders, and the top 100 AIDS songs of all time all narrated by a squirrel... this experimental masterpiece will bend your mind into profound clarity. Beautifully staged and filmed arias are blended with the testimonies of AIDS activists Tim McCaskell and Zackie Achmat as we revisit South Africa of the nineties, a country in infuriating denial. Patrik, 1.5 "This exceptionally well made quirky queer family comedy has won audience awards at queer film festivals in Sydney, Melbourne, London and San Francisco. Recently married gay couple Sven and Goran are about to realise their dream of adopting a baby and moving to the suburbs. There is just one problem - an unfortunate typo from the adoption agency puts a comma in the wrong place and when Patrik arrives he is not the 1.5 year old baby they were expecting, he's a 15 year old homophobic street kid. Havoc ensues as the trio attempt to tolerate each other long enough for the mismatch to be corrected." For further information & to book tickets, click here |
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