Sunshine Boy

ABOUT THE SHOW You’ll be lured into the depths of his infamous nightclub, Taboo for a pulsating hour, backed by the unmistakable soundtrack of the generation. This is an in-your-face eyeshot into a life lived wildly… a long way from Sunshine.

Leigh Bowery was born in Sunshine, west of Melbourne in March 1961, but best known as a London based performance artist, club promoter and designer – an eccentric figure in the underground clubs of London and New York, as well as in art and fashion circles. He performed with the Michael Clark Dance Company, set up Taboo nightclub: “the place to be seen and be seen doing it“, and was also a significant model and muse for the English painter, Lucian Freud. He died from an AIDS-related illness on Hogmanay 1994.

Sunshine Boy concept & performer: Andy Howitt Sunshine Boy Costume Designer: Bryn Meredith Music: David Bowie, Sonic Youth, The Cure, The Fall, The Stranglers, Associates, and Velvet Underground.

7.30pm (90 minutes, two short intervals)

We’re bringing Midsumma west side. Midsumma Festival is Victoria’s premier LGBTQIA+ cultural festival, made for and by communities who live with shared experiences around diverse gender and sexuality and we can’t wait to celebrate it again in 2019.