I Am My Own Wife | Studio Underground, State Theatre | Until 29 October | ★ ★ ★ ½ Shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall, playwright Doug Wright met Charlotte von Mahsldorf. Living in East Germany the eccentric woman was the curator of a Museum of Everyday Objects. Born Lothar Berfelde, she had surprisingly […]
Tags: Black Swan State Theatre Company, Brendan Hanson, Charlotte von Mahsldorf, doug wright, i am my own wife, Joe Hooligan Lui, Perth, Theatre
16 Oct 2017 /
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Charlotte von Mahlsdorf’s life may sound like a work of fiction, but her mark on this earth was very real. The focus of Doug Wright’s Pulitzer and Tony Award winning play I Am My Own Wife, von Mahlsdorf was a trans woman, Nazi survivor, antiquarian, entertainer, LGBTI+ pioneer… and murderer. Director Joe Lui caught up […]
Tags: Black Swan State Theatre Company, charlotte von mahlsdorf, daniel james grant, doug wright, Germany, i am my own wife, Joe Lui, Nazi, Play, pulitzer, Soviet, State Theatre Centre, Studio Underground, Theatre, tony, trans*, transgender
10 Oct 2017 |
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