The Update - September 12, 2017
Recent ABR Arts reviews
- Harry Windsor reviews Mother! (Paramount Pictures) ★★
- Beejay Silcox reviews I Am Not Your Negro (Madman Films) ★★★★★
- Barnaby smith reviews Namatjira Project (Big hArt / Umbrella Entertainment) ★★★★
- Ben Brooker reviews Macbeth ★★1/2
The Coming Back Out Ball
ABR Laureate Robyn Archer will host the Coming Back Out Ball this year at the Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday, 7 October 2017.
According to the creators and producers of the event, All the Queens Men, the Ball aims to ‘empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) elders’, many of whom have endured ‘historical and systematic discrimination due to their sexual and gender orientation’ – a timely event in light of the vitriol surrounding the impending marriage equality plebiscite.
LGBTI Elders Dance Club (photography by Bryony Jackson)
The Coming Back Out Ball is being presented as part of the 2017 Victorian Seniors Festival in association with the 3rd National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Conference.
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