Que Será Será: A Life’s Journey of Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression

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Kate Herbert Theatre Reviews

The title of this gently confronting and evocative storytelling performance says it all. It is A Life’s Journey of Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression told by the charming and engaging Zelda (AKA Judith Z. Miller) who opens her heart and her life to the audience.

MULTI MEDIA PERFORMANCE

By Zelda AKA Judith Z. Miller. Part of Midsumma Festival (Online)

Online- 19 April to 5 May 2021

Tickets Free/Donation Requested: https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/que-sera-sera-a-life-s-journey-of-sexual-orientation-gender/

Reviewer: Kate Herbert (14 April 2021)
Stars: **** (4)

With her expressive face, sharp features and multi-coloured beaded hair, Zelda reads her equally colourful life’s story while standing at a lectern, imbuing her memories with passion, joy and melancholy as images of her younger self are projected behind her.

Zelda’s tale begins in1950s New Jersey and charts her life from childhood and adolescence and the accompanying sexual awakening, and into adulthood when she discovers theatre and finally finds her tribe of lesbians and her freedom.

Her stories are quirky and funny, distressing and sad, excitable and volatile and intermittently suicidal and tragic.

She has to hide her sexuality through her childhood and adolescence, keeping her females lovers a secret. However, times change sufficiently for her to be able to join public and celebratory marches and festivals for lesbians.

Her stories are peppered with social commentary on gender identity, sexuality and issues of male harassment and, later, male vulnerability.

She talks about gender identity and her own gender fluidity, although she wonders if she needs labels. She dresses in drag as her sassy, male alter-ego and says she feels right as both her feminine and masculine self.

Read more of Kate’s Review here

https://kateherberttheatrereviews.blogspot.com/2021/04/que-sera-sera-midsumma-festival-online.html

MidSumma Festival
https://www.midsumma.org.au/

Midsumma is Australia's premier queer arts and cultural organisation, bringing together a diverse mix of LGBTQIA+ artists, performers, communities and audiences.

The primary event, Midsumma Festival, usually runs over 22 days in Melbourne's summer (January/February) each year with an explosion of queer events that centre around hidden and mainstream queer culture, involving local, interstate and international artists. The Midsumma Festival program comprises a curated Midsumma Presents line-up plus the community-driven Open-access stream, to share with you the lived experiences of those voices at the margins, the expression of queer history, and the celebration of new ideas and stories that come to life through world-class art and performance.