Auntie Magnesia & the Sex Museum

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Event Auntie Magnesia & the Sex Museum
Venue Bar Me, Kings Cross, NSW
Umbrella Event 2005 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
First Date 28 February 2005
Opening Date 12 March 2005
Last Date 28 March 2005
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Talking sex all day, taking dick measurements, writing down sex adventures, setting up a museum devoted to his favourite subject - such was the life of neglected queer hero Magnus Hirschfeld (a.k.a. "the Einstein of Sex").
By day he was a mild-mannered sexologist. By night he transformed into Auntie Magnesia, trolling the gay and tranny bars of the Weimar Republic, riding the crest of the sexological wave, until the Nazis vandalised his sex museum and burned his books.
Now in a new romp through gay history, Hirschfeld is back centre stage with his note pad and tape measure searching for n
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Dinner Theatre
Subjects Homosexuality
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Barry Lowe Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 66045