A repeat performance proves that The Lion, truly, Never Sleeps
An amazing night with a repeat walking performance of The Lion Never Sleeps by Noamie Huttner-Koros at The Blue Roome theatre (well, we started walking from there) for which I was interviewed in 2019 for her 2019/20 season. It tells stories of Perth's LGBTIQ community during the AIDs crisis in the early to mid 1980s, part of the largely undocumented and overlooked history of Western Australia that wasn't considered 'acceptable' history for decades.
Lots of memories are evoked in an innovative outdoor theatre experience I haven't seen done this brilliantly anywhere else.
Photo of blonde pixie cut is Noemie our director-writer, the walking audience with headsets immersed in another world and me listening to a lot of lost memories and friends no longer with me. A whole generation and a whole world away from 2023.
The map of our walk through Perth's inner city Northbridge was accompanied by voices, sounds, stories of folk who lived through the AIDs crisis in an era when our existence was illegal & threats, violence a daily part of life. Younger LGBTIQ people's interest in us has really touched me. A beautiful night. Thank you Noemie.
