Stripped Queer
Rethink what it means to witness performers at their most naked, literally and figuratively.
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Featuring
About the Event
For a special Spring Fling edition of Stripped Queer, three queer artists join host Frankie Valentine to read their own writing and published queer literature, wearing absolutely nothing.
Exploring radical vulnerability through the body and the written word, Stripped Queer invites you discover what it means to stand in front of an audience and bare your soul, as well as your body.
This event is recommended for audiences 18+.
Tickets
Full $25
Concession $20
Accessibility
Assistive Listening
Accessible toilets available
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
You can learn more about The Moat’s accessibility here.
Please notify us of all access requirements when booking online so we can assist you with your visit. If you require further information, please contact reception on 03 9094 7800 or ticketing@wheelercentre.com.
About Spring Fling
Spring Fling returns in 2023, and this year we’re going Above and Beyond.
We’re looking further, delving deeper, and asking bigger questions with outstanding thinkers who are reshaping our world and envisioning extraordinary futures.
Spring Fling is supported by the Victorian State Government.
Featuring
Frankie van Kan, aka Frankie Valentine, is an interdisciplinary queer artist working with live performance, costume, the written word and dance. Writer, sex worker and parent living in Naarm, she is devoted to spreading the gospel of pleasure through her work both onstage and off. Her practise explo... Read more
Gloria Demillo (they/them) is a poet, writer and performer. Their creative work explores the concept of memory, collective histories, and the complicated nature of trauma. While they have often described their work as “sad girlboy” poetry, they are working towards writing about joy, hope, and th... Read more
Jasper Peach is a trans, non-binary and disabled writer, speaker and parent. They are passionate about equitable access and inclusion, focused around the dismantling of misplaced shame via storytelling. Their written work has been published in The Age, HireUp, The Big Issue, Archer, The Guardian, Ve... Read more
Nevo Zisin (they/them) is a storyteller, esteemed educator on transgender topics, TEDx speaker, poet, workshop facilitator in schools and workplaces, and award-winning author of Finding Nevo, a memoir on gender transition and The Pronoun Lowdown a useful guidebook on all things related to pronouns. ... Read more
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