SUCCESS: Revelop gives notice to blasphemous club in Sydney
On the 9th of July Family in Danger started a campaign against the Blasphemous club known as Divine Playhouse, previously known as Unholy Playhouse, petitioning the property developer Revelop, who are owned by Maronite Lebanese Anthony El-Hazouri and Charbel Hazzouri to terminate the lease they held with Kat Dopper, the owner of the club.
On Tuesday the 14th of July, less than a week after our campaign, it was reported that Revelop issued a notice of breach to Divine Playhouse stating the club, “insulted and mocked the sincerely held religious beliefs of millions of Christian Australians” it continues saying, “We note that the trade carried on by HG [Heaps Gay] Events has been the subject of significant protest and public criticism, given its offensive nature… Such offensive trade has caused, and will continue to cause, grievance and disturbance to owners of adjoining properties and to the general public. In circumstances where future public protests are almost certain to occur and are likely to endanger members of the public, our client considers that the time by which the offensive trade is to cease is reasonable.”
The club was ordered to cease engaging in offensive trade, otherwise its lease will be terminated. The opening night of the club had drag queens dressed up as Nuns waving adult toys, a pig-angel hybrid handing out McDonald’s fries, mocking the Most Holy Eucharist saying, “The Body of Christ”, and drag queens reenacting the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
While it’s completely within the rights of this property developer to choose who they lease their property to, leftist activists have attempted to defend the public display of sacrilege and blasphemy inside a former Catholic Church.
Sydney’s deputy lord mayor, Jess Millner, was at the opening night and publicly defended the blasphemy on her Instagram page. NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann called on the state minister John Graham, to publicly defend the blasphemous club, and James Thorpe, the co-chair of the Night Time Industries Association, an advocacy group for the nighttime economy, defended the club’s so-called “right” to publicly blaspheme.
Family in Danger didn’t act alone to stop this club. Other groups and petitions targeted the NSW government’s decision to give a $100,000 grant to the club through the state’s arts agency, Create NSW. However, Family in Danger was the only organisation advocating for the lease of the club to be terminated. We are glad Revelop have thought better of letting their property host a club whose entire brand is the mockery of the Christian faith. Their owners Anthony El-Hazouri and Charbel Hazzouri should be commended for putting a stop to this blasphemy.
If you would like to support Family in Danger with our other campaigns, you can find a list of our current petitions here.