Holding the Man
Tim and John fall in love at school in 1970s Australia. Over fifteen years, their relationship faces family disapproval, separation, temptation and the loss brought by AIDS.
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Tim and John fall in love at school in 1970s Australia. Over fifteen years, their relationship faces family disapproval, separation, temptation and the loss brought by AIDS.
Radio journalist Mark Colvin reaches out on Twitter to Mary-Ellen Field, a woman whose privacy was violated through phone hacking. They become pen pals, and Field eventually saves his life by donating a kidney.
Zara, settled with her partner Matt, must decide whether to follow the expected route of marriage, mortgages and children or break from those conventions as she approaches adulthood.
Shane flees his family in Goulburn for Sydney’s Kings Cross and tries to build a surrogate family. His attachment to a city lover becomes entangled with his fear of his brother, while the older Peter, facing his mother’s imminent death, becomes a maternal protector to Shane.
In a small government house in Canberra’s Waramanga, young people experience love, parties, and the slouching rhythms of shared life; the play also includes a layered exchange between stoned teenagers and a security guard at Parliament House.
Tim and John fall in love at school in 1970s Australia. Over fifteen years, their relationship faces family disapproval, separation, temptation and the loss brought by AIDS.
Radio journalist Mark Colvin reaches out on Twitter to Mary-Ellen Field, a woman whose privacy was violated through phone hacking. They become pen pals, and Field eventually saves his life by donating a kidney.
Zara, settled with her partner Matt, must decide whether to follow the expected route of marriage, mortgages and children or break from those conventions as she approaches adulthood.
Shane flees his family in Goulburn for Sydney’s Kings Cross and tries to build a surrogate family. His attachment to a city lover becomes entangled with his fear of his brother, while the older Peter, facing his mother’s imminent death, becomes a maternal protector to Shane.
In a small government house in Canberra’s Waramanga, young people experience love, parties, and the slouching rhythms of shared life; the play also includes a layered exchange between stoned teenagers and a security guard at Parliament House.