

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tom Ballard – A Comprehensive & Profoundly Queer Accounting of the Brief (Yet GLORIOUS!)...
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am – Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 10:15 am
- **Event Description**: A Comprehensive &amp; Profoundly Queer Accounting of the Brief (Yet GLORIOUS!) History of The Gay &amp; Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands by Tom Ballard

Winner of the 2024 Queer Playwriting Award.

In 2004, a group of radicals boarded a fishing trawler they’d christened The Gayflower, flew 200 nautical miles off the coast of Queensland, and landed on a tiny patch of sand and birdshit in the middle of the sea.

Their mission? To plant a rainbow flag in the sand and officially declare the creation of The Gay &amp; Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands: a magical nation independent of homophobic Australia, where there would be equality for all, the currency was the pink dollar, and the national anthem was I Am What I Am.

One can’t help but ask... what the f**k were they thinking?

Directed by the acclaimed Lyall Brooks (Become The One), this full production of the new play from Helpmann Award-winning comic Tom Ballard (Deadloch, Fisk) will make you laugh, cry, think, dance, and join the fight for a better world.

Starring an all-star queer cast: ANDY BALLOCH (The Wedding), ELLIOT WOOD (Storked), SEON WILLIAMS (White Fever) and TEO VERGARA (Converted!).

Don’t miss your chance to see this bizarre and inspiring slice of Australian queer history come to life on stage in what is set to be a massive Midsumma highlight.

Praise for Ballard's play #Kwanda: “a rather brilliant political satire...will have you laughing till it hurts ★★★★½ " – Cameron Woodhead, The Age
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/tom-ballard-a-comprehensive-and-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious/200029498668905
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://tickets.midsumma.org.au/event/396:849/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=melbourne-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Melbourne
- **state**: VI
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Gasworks Creative Precinct
- **lat**: -37.84285
- **long**: 144.94613
- **full address**: Gasworks Creative Precinct, 21 Graham St,Melbourne,VIC,Australia

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Midsumma Festival (https://allevents.in/org/midsumma-festival/26258842)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Gasworks Creative Precinct, 21 Graham St,Melbourne,VIC,Australia
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Midsumma Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Tom Ballard – A Comprehensive & Profoundly Queer Accounting of the Brief (Yet GLORIOUS!)... ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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