With an impeccable cast, fantastic staging, backed by a powerful, amusing and agonising script that makes the audience both think and feel, Bent is the must see event this Mardi Gras season. SameSame
An extremely confronting piece of theatre about human spirit and adversity and one which leaves your mind actively considering the personal meaning of it until well after it ends. Citysearch Bent is simply a terrific piece of writing - engaging, humorous, proud and defiant... The Australian
This is must-see stuff! Australian Stage
2010 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival Focus Theatre
***SOLD OUT***
Martin Sherman
Pete Nettell
Walter Grkovic, Sam Haft, Garth Holcombe, Radek Jonak, Lachlan Mantell, Ant Sullivan & John Turnbull
There are queer Nazis. And queer saints. And queer geniuses. And queer mediocrities. No better, no worse. Just people.
From the decadence of 1930s Berlin to the inhumane excesses of the Nazi concentration camps, Bent explores one gay man’s fight for self-acceptance in the face of hatred and persecution.
Told with brutal honesty and integrity, this redemptive story illuminates the treatment of homosexuals during the Third Reich who were arrested, interned in concentration camps, and branded as deviants with what is now a universal symbol for gay pride – the pink triangle.
Thirty years after Bent premiered in London, Focus Theatre (Blowing Whistles, Bison, Natural Born Hooker) and B Sharp are thrilled to present the Sydney premiere of Martin Sherman’s bold, intimate and compassionate play.
Love can triumph over oppression … [Bent] demonstrates the power of passion to transcend circumstance. The Guardian
