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'Want to be famous? Who needs an agent when there’s YouTube?
'A sharp new world premiere Australian comedy by award-winning playwright Phillip Kavanagh about a schoolgirl who develops an unhealthy obsession with YouTube fame, Jesikah is a witty, exciting and scathing look at our fame obsessed culture.
'Jesikah follows the rise and fall of its eponymous character. As her online notoriety burgeons, Jesikah’s real life starts to become alarmingly unstitched. Supported by her sometimes less than helpful ‘BFF’ Denise, Jesikah goes to increasingly extreme lengths to convert internet celebrity into real life adoration. But in the world wide web things are not always as they seem…' (Production summary)
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Via State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Production Details
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Presented by State Theatre Company of South Australia and performed at the Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Road, Adelaide : 27 - 31 May 2014.
Director: Nescha Jelk.
Designer: Olivia Zanchetta.
Lighting Designer: Ben Flett.
Sound Designer: Will Spartalis.
Cast: Kate Cheel and Elizabeth Hay.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Jesikah Review – A Vivid Portrait of Adolescent Trauma
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 May 2014;
— Review of Jesikah 2014 single work drama -
Ambitions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 May 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of Jesikah 2014 single work drama
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Ambitions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 May 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of Jesikah 2014 single work drama -
Jesikah Review – A Vivid Portrait of Adolescent Trauma
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 May 2014;
— Review of Jesikah 2014 single work drama
