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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
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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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Works about this Work
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The Homosexuals, or Faggots : New Play Satirises White Privileged Gay Life – and Rings True
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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The Homosexuals, or Faggots : New Play Satirises White Privileged Gay Life – and Rings True
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.'