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Sam I Am DATE Time Wed, Fri: 8:30 pm An award-winning solo show exploring homosexuality, society and shame in 1960s Australia, laced with the words of Shakespeare. A University Office, 1962: homosexuality is illegal. Junior lecturer, William O’Halloran, has been dismissed from his probationary position. His secret is out. As he packs up his beloved belongings, William recalls the defining events that led him to this moment. Time is ticking away. His wife Lola is due to arrive any minute. And the curtain will soon rise on the student union production of Romeo and Juliet. But Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers isn’t the only forbidden love story on campus. And the leading man knows this all too well… ....
Forbidden love and LGBTIQ+ activism intersect in Mark Salvestro’s riveting play, ‘The Will to Be’ Image by Sare Clarke Photography Words By August Billy The Will to Be reveals the legacy of systemic homophobia. The 1960s is typically romanticised as a time of personal and cultural liberation driven by youth counterculture, feminism, civil rights and free love. But in much of the Western world, the laws regarding homosexuality were positively barbaric. England and Wales decriminalised same-sex sexual activity for people over the age of 21 in 1967, while Illinois was the only US state to decriminalise any time before the 1970s. Australia wasn’t particularly sprightly in this regard, either. South Australia got there first, decriminalising acts of male homosexuality in 1975, and Victoria followed suit in 1981. ....