Thirty-Six
Wed
8
Wed 8 Jul 7:00 PM to 8:10 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.
Written by Jo Clifford and Bayley Turner
Directed by Kitan Petkovski
Performed by Bayley Turner
Set and Costume Design by Bethany J Fellows
Lighting Design by Spencer Herd
Stage Management by Daniel Gigliotti
Produced by Aperture Productions
Originally produced by Bullet Heart Club with support from fortyfivedownstairs, City of Melbourne and Midsumma Festival 2025.
Original Production credits:
Performed by Bayley Turner and Alexandra Amerides
Voiceover by Jo Clifford
Set and Costume Design by Bethany J Fellows
Lighting Design by Spencer Herd
AV and Projection Design by Aron Murray
Film ‘These are my Hands’ by Evi Tsiligaridou
Sound Design and Composition by Di Drew
Stage Management by Daniel Gigliotti
Produced by Ro Bright and Cameron Lukey
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 Bethany J Fellows
Lighting Design by Spencer Herd
Stage Management by Daniel Gigliotti
Produced by Aperture Productions
Originally produced by Bullet Heart Club with support from fortyfivedownstairs, City of Melbourne and Midsumma Festival 2025.
Original Production credits:
Performed by Bayley Turner and Alexandra Amerides
Voiceover by Jo Clifford
Set and Costume Design by Bethany J Fellows
Lighting Design by Spencer Herd
AV and Projection Design by Aron Murray
Film ‘These are my Hands’ by Evi Tsiligaridou
Sound Design and Composition by Di Drew
Stage Management by Daniel Gigliotti
Produced by Ro Bright and Cameron Lukey
