Raj House in city and The Girls Place at Thebarton join Holden Street as Feast venues
Raj House in Hyde Street, Adelaide, has become a venue for queer performing and visual arts.
Image by Vueey Le Photography
Raj House in Hyde St, Adelaide and The Girls Place, in Maria Street, Thebarton, joined Holden Street Theatres at Hindmarsh as venues for queer performing and visual arts during the 2018 Feast Festival, Australia’s biggest two-week LBTQI arts and culture celebration each November since 1997.
Raj House also hosted a program of 2018 Adelaide Fringe events, picking up 12 awards, and hosted Cabaret Festival Fringe shows and visual arts during the South Australian Living Arts Festival (SALA) in August. The Girls Place has also become a Fringe venue, with its versatile space adaptable to cabaret, visual arts and workshops.
Along with the flurry of other events during the 2018 Feast Festival, the main theatre offerings were:
The Purple List (Holden Street Theatres), a Five Star UK production opening on Sam and Derek’s wedding day and exploring how these two gay men as they navigate their way through the care system and the changes in their relationship.
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Holden Street Theatres), where women take centre stage to become the aggressors in seductions, demanding what they want from work and trashing supermarkets and masculine egos in a sharp shock of a play.
The Measure of a Man (Holden Street Theatres), in Gavin Roach’s humorous, raw and deeply candid style, staring into the heart of one man’s sexual anxieties and stories shrouded in years of embarrassment and shame.
Dames and Divas (Raj House), Princess Laya’s tribute, to the glamourous dames and divas from Hollywood to London who inspired her as the showgirl drag artist.
My fairy godmother sucks (The Girls Place), with Adelaide’s equivalent to Kath and Kim take a journey as Georgia wishes for a fairy godmother. Her supernatural psycho dyko appears and turns out to be a tongue twisting tart who enjoys messing with Georgia’s mind. Steampunk songs, French tango add to the hilarity.
