Tell Me Something
29 October – 1 November
Metro Arts, West End
What happens when you just don’t want to tell the truth?
Hamish loves Matthew but doesn’t want to tell him. Emilie loves Bella but doesn’t want to tell herself.
Hamish and Bella have known each other since they were kids. They tell each other stuff; stories, facts, ideas, and gossip. Only, there are some things they fail to tell each other. As these omissions rise to the surface, tensions brew. Bella and Hamish’s relationship is put to the test as they both chase loves that aren’t very good for them (or good to them) and push each other (and the truth) away. Friendship, the one true love, ultimately finds a way.
Playwright and theatre-maker Sophia Davidson Gluyas joins forces with emerging Queensland actors Shaun Casey, Axielle Doddridge, Jacob Edward, and Anna Wavrant to deliver a new ensemble work capturing the humour, complexity, and heart of queer lives.
Tell Me Something is positioned as a queer Before Sunrise, where conversation takes centre stage. Set in the mid-2000s, it explores non-monogamy, racism, sex, dating, and the messy, hilarious ways we chase after love that isn’t always good for us. It feels like nostalgia, sounds like your 20s, and looks like a warehouse party you once stumbled into at 2am.
Davidson Gluyas’ writing celebrates the humour, flamboyance, and intimacy of queer culture: from innuendo and snark to the comfort of community and the resilience of friendship.
“My favourite thing about the way Sophia Davidson Gluyas writes is that there is such a strong presence of authenticity. She is able to capture queerness without it leaning too heavily on the negative tropes or themes” says actor Shaun Casey, who plays Matthew in the show.
“Davidson Gluyas’ Tell Me Something is an important work to show this moment in history, the eclipse of queer acceptance. A lens where generations of queer audiences can see themselves represented in a softer light without the weight of the queer exoskeleton, to see the importance of queer friendships, and realise the comfort of community. We are not to go back into our closets.”
For ticketing and further information, visit the Metro Arts website
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