PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
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PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
By Topher Payne
Director Patrick Kennedy
PRESENTED AS PART OF MARDI GRAS
“If I stay, it’s giving up the belief that things should be better”
It’s 1950s America, and a new colour has been added to the Red Scare: lavender. The Lavender Scare saw LGBTQ+ people interrogated, outed, and dismissed from government service in a sweeping campaign of fear and moral panic.
Enter Bob and Norma, two U.S. State Department employees tasked with identifying and reporting “sexual deviants” within their ranks. There’s just one problem: both Bob and Norma are gay, and are married to each other’s partners as a carefully constructed ruse.
Inspired by the early stirrings of the American gay rights movement, this madcap, classic-sitcom setup gradually gives way to sharp, provocative drama, as two “All-American” couples find themselves staring down the closet door — and the cost of keeping it shut.
Topher Payne explores themes of fear and the weaponisation of identity – themes that feel just as relevant today.
Please purchase your own "Thrifty Thursday" ticket via the link below & ONLY THEN RSVP ATTEND.
https://newtheatre.org.au/perfect-arrangement/
The show starts at 7.30 pm so I will meet you about half an hour before.
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Ta Maggy