Thirty-Six
Fri
10
Fri 10 Jul 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The Loading Dock Theatre
Wheelchair
75 Percent
Blind or Low Vision
General Admission
She's having this party tonight. A riotous celebration of life or a ritual of mourning — you decide.
She’s all dolled up, the candles are lit and the table set for summoning those she loves, those this world has forced her to lose, and for you. This will be the birthday of a lifetime, it may even be her last.
Thirty-Six is a fiercely intimate, cross-continental collaboration between two trans writer-performers—UK theatre icon Jo Clifford (The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven) and Australia’s own Bayley Turner.
Together, they confront the brutal realities and quiet miracles of trans existence: aging in a world that rarely lets us grow old, grieving in a culture that would rather forget us, and celebrating the radical act of survival.
This is not just a show. It’s a reckoning. An elegy. A revolution in heels.
She’s all dolled up, the candles are lit and the table set for summoning those she loves, those this world has forced her to lose, and for you. This will be the birthday of a lifetime, it may even be her last.
Thirty-Six is a fiercely intimate, cross-continental collaboration between two trans writer-performers—UK theatre icon Jo Clifford (The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven) and Australia’s own Bayley Turner.
Together, they confront the brutal realities and quiet miracles of trans existence: aging in a world that rarely lets us grow old, grieving in a culture that would rather forget us, and celebrating the radical act of survival.
This is not just a show. It’s a reckoning. An elegy. A revolution in heels.
Written by Jo Clifford and Bayley Turner
Directed by Kitan Petkovski
Performed by Bayley Turner
Set and Costume Design by Kitan Petkovski & Bayley Turner
Lighting Design by Spencer Herd
Sound Design & Compositions by Jack Burmeister
Directed by Kitan Petkovski
Performed by Bayley Turner
Set and Costume Design by Kitan Petkovski & Bayley Turner
Lighting Design by Spencer Herd
Sound Design & Compositions by Jack Burmeister
Video & Projection Design by Aron Murray
Film ‘These are my Hands’ by Evi Tsiligaridou
Stage Management and Production Operation by Daniel Gigliotti
Produced by Aperture Productions with in-kind support fr om Green Door Theatre Company and Rogue Productions
Stage Management and Production Operation by Daniel Gigliotti
Produced by Aperture Productions with in-kind support fr om Green Door Theatre Company and Rogue Productions
Featuring voiceovers by: Jo Clifford, Belinda McClory, Patricia Cornelius, Mama Alto, Rebecca Ellen Joy Andrews, Hinemairangi Pahau-Wilson, Maxine Hurtado Rivera, Tara Quin, Beth Paterson, Riwai Wilson, Aron Kleinhenz, Lauren Paparella, Kate Sullivan, Phoenix, Angelica Tusini-Rex and Alexandra Amerides.
Thank you to: Dino Dimitriadis & Leila Enright at Greendoor Theatre Company, Robbi James at Rogue Projects, Sam Ducker, Beaches Productions, Bianca Pardo, Charlotte Fischer, Northcote Town Hall (Darebin Arts), Ro Bright, Carly Fisher and Rosie Niven at Qtopia Sydney.