Next Lesson
Event Date: 13/09/2018, 08:00 pm
Next Lesson by Chris Woodley
In 1988, Michael, a gay student at a South London high school, comes out to his mother. That same year, at the height of the AIDS crisis, Thatcher’s Tory government introduces Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which forbids ‘the promotion of homosexuality’ in British schools, including supporting or encouraging the view that gay relationships are ‘normal’ or equal to heterosexual ones. The legislation will not be repealed until 2003.
Spanning two decades, Chris Woodley’s semi-autobiographical play looks at the enduring impact of Section 28 on that boy, the man he becomes, and the school he attends and subsequently returns to as a teacher.
Along the way, teachers and students – male and female – debate, flirt, mourn, argue, and strive for acceptance within the school and its community, as the years pass and opinions around homosexuality change.
Australian premiere, produced by New Theatre as part of Queer Fringe @ The New
Cast: Michael Brindley, Sonya Kerr, Jens Radda, Kat Tait
Director: Alex Bryant-Smith
Set & Costume Designer: Sallyanne Facer
Lighting Designer: Mehran Mortezaei
PM/SM: Alexis Worthing
ASMs/Operators: Ricci Costa, Sean Gunn
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New Theatre, King Street,
Newtown New South Wales,2042
New Theatre, King Street,
Newtown New South Wales,2042
