Just Be Punk
John Cameron Mitchell | Yumi Stynes
In this ferocious, funny and unfiltered masterclass, John Cameron Mitchell invites you to ditch the mere performance of rebellion and step into the real thing. He sees punk as action: messy, collective and defiantly alive. He issues a call for a new generation, and those that may have forgotten, to "stop playing it safe". Punk isn't (just) a look. It's a refusal. A choice: community over clout, risk over reputation, noise over silence. It demands that you show up, speak out and sometimes get it wrong. Because change doesn't happen quietly, and it never happens alone.
Presented in partnership with Festival of Dangerous Ideas.
EVENT INFO & TICKETS
This event is taking place live in Sydney at Carriageworks. To book tickets head here.
CONTACT
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
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UNSW Centre for Ideas
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John Cameron Mitchell
John wrote/directed/starred in the musical/film Hedwig and the Angry Inch for which he won two Tony Awards, Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He directed the films Shortbus (2006); Rabbit Hole (2010, Best Actress Oscar nomination for Nicole Kidman); and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) starring Kidman and Elle Fanning. On Broadway, he’s also starred in Oh Mary!, The Secret Garden, Big River and Six Degrees of Separation. TV roles: Girls, Shrill, The Good Fight, The Sandman, Yellowjackets, City on Fire and as the “Tiger King” in Joe Vs Carole. His fictional podcast series are: Anthem: Homunculus starring Glenn Close and Cynthia Erivo and Cancellation Island starring Holly Hunter. He is developing a play about anti-Nazi artist Claude Cahun, feature films based on the lives of Allen Ginsberg and AIDS activist Peter Staley, and a memoir entitled A Heart Held Outside the Body.
