The national LGBTIQ+ storytelling project Queerstories returns to Brisbane Powerhouse with a stellar line-up including Steph Tisdell, Bebe Gunn and Necho Brocchi, ready to share stories of pride, prejudice, resilience and resistance.
“The Brisbane Queerstories shows are the most fun, though don’t tell the others!” teased curator Maeve Marsden.
“We always have hundreds of people, but it somehow still feels warm and intimate, and I often find myself in conversation with a random member of the crowd.”
“No one can deliver a supportive, loving heckle like a Brisbane queer!”
The national LGBTQI+ storytelling project sees six storytellers share a tale from their lives.
Opening an audience to small windows into the magnificence of the queer community
The popular live show returns to Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday, November 22, for another evening of funny, honest and heartwarming stories from our community.
Hosted and developed by writer, director and performer Maeve Marsden, we couldn’t be more excited for the Brisbane editions’ stellar line-up.
Including Steph Tisdell, Hope One, Bebe Gunn, Necho Brocchi and Grace Royle.
Brave, brilliant and laugh-out-loud funny, Queerstories celebrates the culture and creativity of the LGBTQIA+ community, one true story at a time.
Image: SuppliedA lineup you won’t want to miss
Steph Tisdell thought she’d be a lawyer before she became one of the brightest stars in Australian comedy.
From acting, writing and stand-up, she has a sense of social justice matched with her formidable intelligence that is changing the world while taking the piss all at the same time.
Hope One is a world-renowned beatboxer, theatre Performer and upcoming slam poet.
Maori, queer and non-binary, they placed third in the Women’s division of the Beatboxing World Championships.
Hope incorporates their drag alter-ego, activism and culture into sonically penetrating BeatRhyming experiences.
With a fierce mug and a sharper wit, BeBe Gunn is a loudmouth, Sambuca enthusiast with a huge heart.
BeBe always knows how to put on a show. BeBe performs alongside the country’s best burlesque performers in the award-winning and nationally toured productions.
She could list the rest of her accolades, but what fun would that be?
Just call your Dad and ask for a reference.
Advocate, author and proud trans woman Necho Brocchi is excited to share the story they have written “from the heart.”
“With all my love and honesty, the only way I know how to do it, of course,” they wrote on Instagram.
“In what has been the hardest year for us as a Trans and Gender Diverse community, with the younger ones having their healthcare paused.”
“While also being a year that has been full of the biggest love, where we have found new ways to practice coming together, fighting for our rights and for our future.
“In many ways, it feels more important now to write and share stories than ever before, because just as Josephine Quinn reminds us, history does not like those who write.”
Actor, singer, writer, and professional dilly-dallier Grace Royle also joins the line-up of speakers.
Images: SuppliedQueerstories podcast and book also available
The live event is suitable for ages 15+, inviting audiences within and supporting the LGBTIQ+ community to be moved by an unexpected tale or two from some of Australia’s finest queer talent.
“The LGBTIQ+ community has been sharing stories for centuries, creating their own histories, disrupting conventional ideas about narrative, family and community,” Marsden said.
“There’s so much more to being queer than coming out and getting married.
“I’m so thrilled with the way audiences around the country have embraced Queerstories, coming together to celebrate our community and listen to each other’s stories.”
The live Queerstories events regularly sell out around the country and won Best Spoken Word at the Sydney Fringe Festival.
Over one hundred Queerstories talks have also been recorded and released as podcasts.
A collection of the Queerstories was also published as a book, compiling hilarious and heartwarming anecdotes into a single volume.
Find out more at Maeve Marsden’s website.
All Queerstories events are Auslan interpreted.
Don’t miss Queerstories returning to Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday, 22nd November.
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