MONSTER

DRAG ARTIST, TRANSGENDER MAN, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER: THE MONSTER IS HERE!

MONSTER is one hilarious and sobering rollercoaster ride of a transgender man grappling with society's fear of the unknown, and their hell-bent attitude to living a proud, fabulous, and truthful life in the face of transphobia. 

Based on Florians’s eye-opening, outrageous and hilarious experiences of navigating the world as an out and proud transgender man, high school teacher, and drag artist, Florian offers up commentary on everything from transitioning during uni, teaching in high schools, and being gay for Veggietales. Ultimately, this show speaks to the seldom heard voices of transgender men who still use eyelash glue.

With a suite of stripped back, raw, and powerful renditions of pop and jazz songs with a queer bent to them, this solo comedy cabaret is drag debauchery, razor sharp wit, and quintessential cabaret dialled up to eleven!

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AWARDS

2024
Green Room Award for Best Writing (Cabaret) - Nominated

★★★★ 1/2
‘The storytelling, the empathy, humour, honesty and cabaret had everyone sitting up and listening.’
- mindshare

★★★★
’Part-art, part-activism and one-hundred-percent arse appreciation, Monster is a compelling show which dispels fear and ignorance about transgender identities. Go to the show. Become inaugurated. Appreciate for an hour the bravery, beauty and humanity of Wild.’
- Binge Fringe

‘Florian Wild absolutely radiates queer joy. Beneath the showmanship, glamour, and bloody tampon costume, the emotional core of MONSTER truly shines.’
- The List

creative team 2023

Created and Performed by: Florian Wild
Directed, Dramaturged and Accompanied by: Oliver Ayres

creative team 2024

Co-written and Performed by: Florian Wild
Co-written and Directed by: Oliver Ayres
Music Directed and Arranged by: Daniele Buatti
Presented by: Extraterrestrial - Em Tambree

2023

  • Melbourne Fringe Festival, Butterfly Club, VIC, Australia

2024

  • Adelaide Fringe Festival, Dom Polski, SA, Australia

2025

  • Midsumma Festival, Chapel Off Chapel, VIC, Australia

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