WOMYN, GENDER and SEXUALITY Gala Nights!

WHEN: Wednesday the 25th of October, Thursday the 26th
of October and Sunday the 29th of October.

WHERE: Lan Franchis Memorial Discothèque 144 Cleveland
St Chippendale

MOTIVATIONS and AIMS

Skit for Tat will present a diverse range of
performance acts such as short skits, spoken word,
musical performances and two themed discussions over
two nights, as well as a closing film night on the
29th of October. The aim is to present performances
that will expose issues pertinent to womyn, gender and
sexuality.

It must be made clear that the aim of the project is
not merely to present, nor merely to entertain, but
that on top of providing performances of quality, we
will be aiming to encourage thought-provoking,
dynamic, challenging and analytical discussions on WGS
issues.

Moreover, we will be prioritizing groups as well as
individuals who are in some way marginalized or in
need of more public exposure.
Project Proposal for

WHO is involved:

We are a loose network of emerging performers,
playwrights, spoken word artists as well as
experienced social workers and activists. This will be
elaborated upon below.

However, the contact person and (self-appointed!)
coordinator would be:
Rani P. Lukita
Mobile: 0401 504 800
E-mail: rani_lukita@yahoo.fr

Wed 25th

8.00-8.10pm Annie (spoken word)

8.10-8.20pm Cyberspace Whispers: (skit) is a work of
Verbatim theatre, using the voices of real people in
order to personalise the political message that it
encompasses. The play is structured as the blog entry
of one woman, living in the midst of a large scale
conflict who writes about the way in which her
everyday life, as a woman, is interrupted by the
turbulence around her. The piece will be directed by
Emily Calder and Pip Hetherington.

8.20-8.35 The Her-story of Cuntopolis:
A one-woman play by Rani Lukita about a woman
who moves back into her mother’s vagina.

8.35-8.50 Emma & Nay: singer-songwriters

8.50- 9.10 WART: performance art on womyn & mental
health. WART recently performed at Mad Pride, a
performance night by artists living with
schizophrenia, held at the Campbelltown Arts Centre

9.10-9.20 BREAK

9.20-10.00 A cross-cultural discussion on the
womyn’s movements and organizations in Indonesia and
Australia, for which the Secretary General for the
Indonesian National Commission on Violence Against
Women will be joining us to speak of some of the
women-related issues that Indonesia is tackling on a
national scale.

Dinny Jusuf was one of the founders of the grassroots
women’s cooperative: Suara Ibu Peduli (or Voice of
Concerned Mothers in English), during the last
year of the Soeharto dictatorship. She will speak
about the challenges of working for women’s rights in
Indonesia.

Also joining us: Tennah Kpaka from Immigrant Women’s
Speak Out, an organization assisting African women
refugees in Sydney.

The discussion will be moderated by Oishee Alaam,
progressive editor of the UTS student magazine
Vertigo.

10.00-10.30 Closing act: Terra Stylis is an all girl,
all queer hip-hop band will perform a half-hour set on
Wednesday the 25th from 10pm onwards, featuring MC
Zoe, member of Housecat Havoc.



THURS 26th Oct

8pm-8.10pm Edwina Donald, a Sydney-based actress and
opera singer who has performed with Thin Air
productions (among other companies- including Paper
Bag Play Back), will be performing an experimental
short musical piece, in drag.

8.10-8.20 Repeat performance of Cyberspace Whispers

8.20-8.30 Norrie mAy-welby, who has done various
performances of diverse genres, including more
recently with Debbie Doesn’t Do it for Free (at The
Empire Hotel, Erskineville) as well as with Man Jam
(34b Oxford Street). She will be performing a 10
minute blend of kookie musical norrie goodness!

8.30-8.45 Cats in Furs: a blues duo featuring the
Rachel Harris.

8.45-8.55 Zoo: spoken word entitled MILKBRAIN on
Lactation. As body modification, grotesque
spectacle, joyous carnivale, highly gendered sexual
expression, creative act, embodied knowledges,
affirmation of identity...

8.55-9pm Bex and Claudie: Spoken Word

9pm-9.10 BREAK

9.15-10pm DISCUSSION Transgenderism

The knowledgeable Jennifer Germon from the Department
of Gender Studies at the University of Sydney will
engage in a dialogue with norrie mAy-welby, who
through direct experiences of trans-genderism and
trans-sexuality has come to challenge the normative
boundaries of what it means to be a man/woman,
female/male. Norrie is a prolific writer, a
provocative performer, a dedicated social worker and
an all-round terrific human being.

10-10.30pm Melissa Lesnie?

TO BE CONFIRMED: Womyn play-back theatre group: This
is a form of theatre where a particular person’s story
(possibly a member of the audience) is recounted
through a facilitator and then re-enacted live by
members of the cast, accompanied by live music.


Sunday the 29th of October:

FILM NIGHT 7pm-8.30pm
Screening ‘Operation Queer Space’ on the epic journey
of the Wollongong University Queer Collective’s fight
agains homophobia.

Screening will be followed by a talk by the film
maker: Annaliese Constable, queer activist and former
All Sorts member, who was in the thick of the
collective’s campaign.


Publicity
We have secured an interview slot with 2SER for the
purpose of attracting more emerging performers in and
around the Sydney vicinity.

Funding
The concept for this project is very much one that is
based on the premise that the artists and performers
will rely much more on creativity rather than
availability of money to put on their productions. All
participation is volunteer-based.