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Brown Church

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER - 3:00PM

Queer-Glory. Op-Shop-Rich. Dance.

Where do we go when culture and country is stripped off only to leave us with the risks of our own isolation? How many rejected swipe-rights, legislations of erasure and glitter-less, terror-filled nights before you arrive at your truth?

Come forth and be revered.

Brown Church is a theatrical spectacle as served by Meanjin-based godexx Naavikaran. At this holy, gay altar we will witness the journeys of displacements, queer liberation and the euphoria of culture as explored through poetry, music and dance. It centres queerness as a central faith, bringing out the exuberant need to realize colonisation in order to destroy it.

This work is prayer. It is a call for community. It is the future grounded in reality.

Welcome to Brown Church.

It’s time to come home.

Naavikaran pictured in focus behind green foliage. They are wearing a patterned head scarf wrapped around their head and have a gold chain linking a nose ring to their ear.
Image description: Naavikaran pictured in focus behind green foliage. They are wearing a patterned head scarf wrapped around their head and have a gold chain linking a nose ring to their ear.
An image washed in red. A person sitting cross-legged looks directly at the camera. They are wearing a wrapped head scarf. and have material draped across them. They have a large nose piercing attached by a chain to their ear, and are holding branches of foliage. Petals and branches are in the background.
Image description: An image washed in red. A person sitting cross-legged looks directly at the camera. They are wearing a wrapped head scarf. and have material draped across them. They have a large nose piercing attached by a chain to their ear, and are holding branches of foliage. Petals and branches are in the background.

SHOW INFO

Tickets: $35
(+$5.00 transaction fee)

Venue: Diane Cilento Studio
Queensland Theatre
78 Montague Rd, South Brisbane QLD 4101

Date: Saturday 18 September
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM

Credits

Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Choreographer: Naavikaran
Creative Producer (Choreographer), Co-Director: Malakeh
Creative Producer (Music and Sound), Co-Director: Levi Kohler
Creative Artist Dilsah De Rham
Creative Artist: Tyson Goddard

  • CREATIVE TRACK
  • Auslan Interpreted
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Audio Description
  • Live captioning
  • Several mentions of suicide and racism

Undercover Artist acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and we pay our respects to Elders, past, present, and emerging. We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique cultural and spiritual relationship to land, water and seas and their rich contribution to society.

Our Festival partners

This program is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council and Creative Partnerships Australia.

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