Details

It's a love of a lifetime: Holding The Man charts the relationship of Tim and John from the first bursts of college love to John's eventual AIDS-related death. Press material says, "Holding the Man is an achingly funny and heartbreaking true life story about the relationship between Tim and John Caleo. This multi-award winning play explores the highs and lows of their remarkable partnership and is a celebration that speaks across generations, sexual preference and culture." The term 'Holding the Man' comes from Australian Football and refers to a transgression that incurs a penalty. Running time 2hrs 40mins

Cast/Performers

Jane Turner, Guy Edmonds (Tim Conigrave), Matt Zeremes (John Caleo), Simon Burke, Oliver Farnworth, Anna Skellern

Creatives/Company

Book by: Tim Conigrave
Adapted by: Tommy Murphy
Producer(s): Daniel Sparrow, Mike Walsh
Director: David Berthold
Design: Brian Thomson