Art & Culture Archive



Interview

Defying Gravity with Thomas Worrell

Few performers shine as brightly as Thomas Worrell in the world of circus arts. A star of the spectacular show Cirque Bon Bon, Thom is an accomplished aerialist, contortionist, and acrobat. We chatted with him about his performance, his artistic journey, and how he injects queerness onto the stage and into his life.

THEATRE

Betty Grumble’s ‘Enemies of Grooviness’: A subversive celebration

Acclaimed performance artist Emma Maye Gibson, aka Betty Grumble, discusses her acclaimed show, ‘Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t,’ set to hit the Canberra Theatre in September as part of the Valance performance series.

INTERVIEW

Trophy Boys – An unfiltered look at modern masculinity with a twist!

Featuring a cast of female and non-binary performers in drag, the work uses queering as a playful and powerful tool to interrogate the well-documented culture of toxic masculinity, misogyny and internalised homophobia in elite boys schools.

INTERVIEW

Navigating horizons: Sani Townson’s dance journey

Sani Townson, artist, dancer, and theatremaker, shares his personal, cultural, and artistic journey on stages across Australia. Ahead of the Bangarra Dance Theatre's new masterpiece ‘Horizon’ Sani spoke with FUSE about this amazing show and his artistic influences.

INTERVIEW

A reflection of my queer life

Queer Canberra artist Louis Grant uses fluid mediums to speak of social and psychological spaces that can themselves be seen as 'unstable compounds'. He is currently exhibiting at Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

INTERVIEW

The Power of Queer Storytelling

FUSE was super excited to have a heart-to-heart with queer screenwriter, director and multidisciplinary visual artist Samuel Leighton-Dore.

ART

Queer artist slected for Napier Waller Art Prize

A queer artist and Australian Defence Force member, Karl Metzger, has been selected to take part in the Australian War Meroirals' Napier Waller Art Prize.

Theatre Review

Fourteen, A Feel-Good Journey of Resilience & Self-Acceptance

Similar to Timothy Conigrave's 'Holding the Man,' this play is destined to become a classic of Australian LGBTIQ+ literature. Its exuberant celebration of self-acceptance and the enduring power of love, whether from family or friends, will leave you moved and uplifted. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

THEATRE

A mischievous they/them sprite comes to town

Puck is a mischievous fairy. In Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream', they are the first of the main fairy characters to appear. Puck 'Shakespeare's mischievous sprite' loves playing pranks, such as replacing Nick Bottom's head with that of an ass.


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