• Moth to a Flame: The Diaries of David E Thompson

  • By: Allison Harding
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Moth to a Flame: The Diaries of David E Thompson

By: Allison Harding
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  • David was a member of Gay Sweatshop and became the company’s first full time administrator, he administered the Young People’s Theatre Scheme at the Royal Court, London and established his own production company DET Enterprises which produced Steven Berkoff’s ‘Greek’, he spent time in New York managing the well known, drag troupe ‘Bloolips’ before becoming the first full time director of the Australian Centre of the International Theatre Institute. Volume One covers his life from 1977-1980 and chart’s David’s journey through the evolution of gay theatre around the world at a time when the gay rights movement was fighting to be recognised. He allows us access to a world backstage, describing the many characters he met along the way, and documents the Arts and Theatre of that time. His diaries are witty, smart and sometimes scandalously truthful!
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Episodes
  • MOTH TO A FLAME : EPISODE 4

    MOTH TO A FLAME : EPISODE 4
    Jun 24 2021
    33 mins
  • MOTH TO A FLAME: EPISODE 3

    MOTH TO A FLAME: EPISODE 3
    May 26 2021
    34 mins
  • MOTH TO A FLAME EPISODE 2

    MOTH TO A FLAME EPISODE 2
    May 2 2021
    21 mins

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