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Searing drama unfolds on a park bench
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By Cassie Tongue
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Darlinghurstâs Green Park has particular significance for Sydneyâs queer population. It runs parallel to âthe wallâ on Darlinghurst Road â once a popular spot for sex work â and itâs now-demolished toilet block served as a gay beat (a spot for meeting other men for casual sex).
For the next month, people will meet in this park to sit, don headsets, and watch a play steeped in that history unfold on a wooden bench. The two characters â Warren (Steve Le Marquand), an ostensibly-straight man in his fifties visiting from regional NSW, and Edden (Joseph Althouse), a much younger Sydneysider who is openly out and in command of an easy sexuality â are here to discuss the terms of an impending hook-up. (The park remains open during performances, an