BMA Arts

“CLUBSCORE is Canberra’s premier queer art and sport collective. We (Ket and Zev) are both artists and sports lovers. Ket is also a producer, and Zev is a personal trainer.

We started working together in 2019 during a residency at Ainslie and Gorman.

For a long time, CLUBSCORE created ridiculous plans for impossible events and spectacles, and it was only recently that we started actually pulling some of these ideas through the portal into reality and sharing them with real live human beings.

When we finally did, we were NOT ready for the reaction.

In 2023 we staged our first public work: CLUBSCORE’s Fantasy Museum of Trans Sporting Excellence and Portal to Other Dimensions and Opening Ceremony for Queer Futures.

When we presented the Fantasy Museum, we expected some sort of pushback or protest – making a statement about including trans and gender-diverse people in sports usually generates that response.

But that didn’t happen.

We confused some people (yay!), but more importantly, we watched our community feel joy, inspiration, connection, and validation. Of course, this was tinged with sadness because the fantasy we shared doesn’t match the current reality. But through our work, we are determined to call the future we want into being.

Working together in CLUBSCORE has been a healing and creatively freeing experience. We’ve worked hard but also gently and slowly, creating a whole universe to play in and draw from. Within this space, we’ve both been able to reconnect with performance practice, find other art forms (Zev is a professional visual artist now!), and develop confidence in our ability to create art that makes people feel things.

On the final night of our Fantasy Museum, we held an Opening Ceremony and opened the portal to queer futures.

And now we offer you: Halftime Show! It is for strategy. It is for ritual. It is for some rest before we return to the field and keep playing.

What can you expect at Halftime Show if you come along to Belco Arts Centre on the 17 May or 21 June??

First of all… true silliness! We are making space for queer joy in everything we do. We’ll have a different line-up of queer performers at each show, doing drag, music, noise, Butoh, pole dancing, performance art, poetry, everything! We’ve given the artists free reign to do whatever they want.

Halftime Show is a space for the artists to bring forth whatever is in their weird little hearts and share it with a weird little audience. We’ll also lead you through a CLUBSCORE ritual – your energy creates the future!

And when the show finishes, we’ll put away seats, put on a playlist, and have a weird little dance.

If you’re into queer performance art (or think you might be), then Halftime Show is for you! We’re hoping to create a space for queer community connection, but everyone is welcome. There is a ticket price to suit any budget, but the show is in a small(ish) venue, so book early!! We can’t wait to share space with you.”

Xx CLUBSCORE xX

Clubscore presents Halftime Show : Friday 17th May and Friday 21st June at The Rehearsal Room, Belconnen Arts Centre. Tickets are a pay what you can afford situation via the Belco Arts Website. The 17th is SOLD OUT so get in quick for the 21st show!!!