Being Male is
June 2019 - Empire Theatre
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Show notes - Threatening, full of expectations, hard, powerful, great, strong, reliable, confusing, penis. No one knows this more than Thomas, who from a young age plays witness to the behaviours and positioning of men around him. The growing mystery of what it is to be a boy and to become a man in the wake of toxic masculinity stirs Thomas to question;
Should he be a man? Does he want to be a man? Is he a man?
Being Male Is. is a new and explorative work from local emerging actors Jaycob Beven-Delaney and Eli Bunyoung, who themselves are on the precipice of independent manhood. Set against the backdrop of a sensitively crafted soundscape and palpable video installation, Being Male Is. harnesses the male physicality, pushes it to its limits and gently cradles its return.
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One Side - Eli Bunyoung
The Otherside - Jaycob Beven-Delaney
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Co-Creator - Eli Bunyoung
Co-Creator - Jaycob Beven-Delaney
Producer - Kirsty Lee
Performer - Evie Ford
Performer - Sophie Kleinschmidt
V/O Performer - Marcus Oborn
V/O Performer - Olivia Brewer
Stage Manager - Michaela Francis
Creative Development - Mitch Wood
Videographer - Jiordie Lobwein
Videographer - Logan Lobwein
Performer - Oliver Beven-Varney
Performer - Sam Howlett
Performer - Joshua Rognoni
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Empire Theatre - June 2019
Wynnum Fringe Festival - November 2020
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“Part dance, part oratory, part character work, part gym routine, the performers have worked with Kirsty Lee to reveal their bodies as live, active, naked to produce skin-sounds (we can hear the application of touch in most cases) and male smells emanating from sweat, bruising and crying male faces on large screens was remarkable for its honest vulnerability.” ~ Dr Janet McDonald
“It was slick, playful, energetic, nuanced, and vulnerable.” ~ Aaron Dora