Any time it seemed like I was choosing a way out, it would be about standing behind the discomfort … We’re trying to be activists here, we’re into social change, so we have to go darker and deeper.
Jan 02, 2019
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Interview
Nov 27, 2017
Things That Matter: Masculinity and the Male Condition in Tristan: A Song for the Superior Man
By Ashley ThomsonTristan: A Song for the Superior Man is a new play by Chenoeh Miller asking what it means to be a good man, and it finds its answers in the voices of her own cast.
Sep 19, 2017
#RoleModelReading: An interview with Richard Gadd
By Ashley Thomson“Funnily enough, after opening up, I felt more empowered as a man than I have ever felt in my life. Facing fear and overcoming it led to a strength I did not know I had.”
Jan 12, 2017
#RoleModelReading: An interview with Mike Esler
By Ashley Thomson“You bring these guys to a certain level of awareness and they go, I never had any idea. You’re damn right you didn’t have an idea. You didn’t need an idea. You’re only here because you can’t see your kids any more.”
Dec 25, 2016
#RoleModelReading: An interview with Jacob Boehme
By Ashley ThomsonJacob Boehme is a choreographer, dancer and writer from the Narangga and Kaurna nations of South Australia, whose work dissects the politics of being gay, Blak and HIV positive.
Dec 25, 2016
#RoleModelReading: An interview with Ben Triglone
By Ashley Thomson“Someone said when you do good work you meet good people, and that’s the best thing about this job. I lived in my comfort zone for 35 years and I couldn’t advocate leaving it strongly enough.”
Dec 20, 2016
#RoleModelReading: An interview with Dimitris Papaioannou
By Ashley Thomson“Even if it is about hopelessness, the fact that we communicate is hopeful. I think there is something in the gesture of creation that is hopeful.”
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