Qstage
October 3rd 2008 01:05
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Qstage
This below is one of my favorites from the curiosity box from the queer-drama cannon of Adelaide, South Australia by an English migrant; in this play, Swimmers, my role was a character named Pat who did too many pills and liquor, but he didn't die at the end of the production and was fun to play. It was in the early 1990's so it was an attempt to educate people a little about the whole issue of HIV/AIDS. That's why it was fun that my character, Pat didn't die at the end, even though he was infected with the plague. The strange thing about Swimmers was it was a play pitched towards educating people but it never identified any of the actual details you'd need to know in order to avoid catching any sort of STD (sexually transmitted disease) let alone HIV.
Qstage, or Queerstage as it is also known was established in 1996 by David Jobling.
I'm David Jobling, and that's me (above) holding the door open with the short dark hair. I was in a play called The Misanthrope about 1985. Playing two roles, as Doubois and Basque in Molietre's The Misanthrope was fun; playing was exactly what it was in the truest sense, and certainly along with a considerable amount of demanding work. From an actors perspective it's a sheer wonder to get a six week rehearsal period. Six weeks 9 to 5 as an actor exploring the text and building the ensemble. Wonderful.
I'm an actor but I've directed plays as well and been a tutor and I've written for theatre and magazines. Often I write about theatre and I've given many many workshops about it. Below is an article I wrote relatively recently - a bit of a catch up on Australian Queer Theatre I guess. My friend Alex Broun asked me to write it based on my insights gathered as the Publishing Editor of Qstage.
To read it I think you'd need to download and open it in photoshop; it should be a high enough resolution for you to read it comfortably if you'd care to do so.
Living in Sydney NSW I got to work on a very broad range of shows over a very interesting period of time, but I think some of the most remarkable visuals have come from working with Jean-Marc Dupre on his Monuments Erected on the Ruins of Modernism in Melbourne VIC.
Constant 'Constance' Vigilance is one of the characters I found inside myself when given the opportunity to say something interesting about being queer and disabled.
She was the hostess of a tea party; the Tea Party that was The Cracked Pot. In her original incarnation she wore this disgusting wig. I refined her look somewhat and departed from too much of the obvious when I unleashed her formally on the paying public. Instead of going for bad drag I stepped over into the fairy end of the queer scale and used a great deal of glitter. I found the glitter provided me with exactly what I needed to approach the character with a hard surfaced 'fcuck you' sort of attitude which was sort of required to do what s/he did in the show. From my point of view Constant was directing the action a good deal of the time, providing people with the permissions they needed to remain in the room with the show... Had they been unworthy, Constant would have evacuated them forthwith. Hard and shiny - even glamourous on the outside, protecting a damaged spirit.
Read a little more about my work with queer and differently abled people in the article Cracking On if you like.
In the Pluto Press publication Queer City gay and lesbian politics in Sydney; edited by Craig Johnston and Paul Van Reyk', writer Stephen Dunne refers to Jobling as a cyberqueer legend as he describes his interest and experience of the list in it's earlier days when The Net was a new territory bursting into existence. Jobling says I enjoyed communicating on the internet when it first arrived just as much as playing Home Videos when they came into the world.
Essentially Qstage offers information of events in the form of promotional material, casting calls, event information with the occasional socially political pitched insight related to living as a same sex attracted or queer. Jobling produces original theater art with ALL MEN ARE EQUAL PRODUCTIONS. It is worth subscribing to the service in order to browse through the vast archive that dates back to 2000.
This article will change and evolve. This is not yet the final draft as it were... think of it as an organic thing that will grow, and come on back to see how it looks later if you like.
ISSN 1444-0644
Editor//Moderator: David Jobling
Qstage, or Queerstage as it is also known was established in 1996 by David Jobling.
I'm David Jobling, and that's me (above) holding the door open with the short dark hair. I was in a play called The Misanthrope about 1985. Playing two roles, as Doubois and Basque in Molietre's The Misanthrope was fun; playing was exactly what it was in the truest sense, and certainly along with a considerable amount of demanding work. From an actors perspective it's a sheer wonder to get a six week rehearsal period. Six weeks 9 to 5 as an actor exploring the text and building the ensemble. Wonderful.
I'm an actor but I've directed plays as well and been a tutor and I've written for theatre and magazines. Often I write about theatre and I've given many many workshops about it. Below is an article I wrote relatively recently - a bit of a catch up on Australian Queer Theatre I guess. My friend Alex Broun asked me to write it based on my insights gathered as the Publishing Editor of Qstage.
To read it I think you'd need to download and open it in photoshop; it should be a high enough resolution for you to read it comfortably if you'd care to do so.
Living in Sydney NSW I got to work on a very broad range of shows over a very interesting period of time, but I think some of the most remarkable visuals have come from working with Jean-Marc Dupre on his Monuments Erected on the Ruins of Modernism in Melbourne VIC.
Constant 'Constance' Vigilance is one of the characters I found inside myself when given the opportunity to say something interesting about being queer and disabled.
She was the hostess of a tea party; the Tea Party that was The Cracked Pot. In her original incarnation she wore this disgusting wig. I refined her look somewhat and departed from too much of the obvious when I unleashed her formally on the paying public. Instead of going for bad drag I stepped over into the fairy end of the queer scale and used a great deal of glitter. I found the glitter provided me with exactly what I needed to approach the character with a hard surfaced 'fcuck you' sort of attitude which was sort of required to do what s/he did in the show. From my point of view Constant was directing the action a good deal of the time, providing people with the permissions they needed to remain in the room with the show... Had they been unworthy, Constant would have evacuated them forthwith. Hard and shiny - even glamourous on the outside, protecting a damaged spirit.
Read a little more about my work with queer and differently abled people in the article Cracking On if you like.
In the Pluto Press publication Queer City gay and lesbian politics in Sydney; edited by Craig Johnston and Paul Van Reyk', writer Stephen Dunne refers to Jobling as a cyberqueer legend as he describes his interest and experience of the list in it's earlier days when The Net was a new territory bursting into existence. Jobling says I enjoyed communicating on the internet when it first arrived just as much as playing Home Videos when they came into the world.
Essentially Qstage offers information of events in the form of promotional material, casting calls, event information with the occasional socially political pitched insight related to living as a same sex attracted or queer. Jobling produces original theater art with ALL MEN ARE EQUAL PRODUCTIONS. It is worth subscribing to the service in order to browse through the vast archive that dates back to 2000.
This article will change and evolve. This is not yet the final draft as it were... think of it as an organic thing that will grow, and come on back to see how it looks later if you like.
ISSN 1444-0644
Editor//Moderator: David Jobling
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