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The Unspoken Word is Joe single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Unspoken Word is Joe
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'Zoey Dawson has written a play and it’s her big night, however real life rivalries and resentments are sending things way, way off-script. But nothing’s going to stop her putting on one hell of a show.

'The Unspoken Word is Joe is a biting meta-satire of Australian theatre which Zoey would describe as dramatic and beautiful. And tender. And also really clever. She wrote it as a way of dealing with a really bad break-up – but it’s not just a break-up play. It’s about love, and loss. It’s about life.  It’s a really, really good play. It’s a portrait of a woman desperate for the approval of her peers. You should totally see it.'

Source: Griffin theatre Company.

Production Details

  • Produced as a performed reading by MKA Theatre at MKA Pop-Up Theatre, 73 Nicholson St., Abbotsford, Victoria, as part of the MKA: Theatre of New Writing - Open Season 2011, day eleven, 9 November 2011.

    Director: Declan Greene.


    Performed at the Griffin Theatre, Sydney, as part of Griffin Independent : 21 January - 7 February 2015.

    Director: Declan Greene.

    Designer: Eugyeene Teh.

    Lighting Designer: Romanie Harper.

    Sound Designer: Martin Kay.

    Producers: Corey Reynolds & John Kachoyan.

    Production Manager: Ketura Budd.

    Stage Manager: Gina Bianco.

    Cast: Natasha Herbert, Matt Hickey, Annie Last, Aaron Orzech, and Nikki Shiels.

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Works about this Work

Break-ups and Breakdowns Jason Blake , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 January 2015; (p. 11)

— Review of The Unspoken Word is Joe Zoey Dawson , 2011 single work drama
A Divided Woman in the Forbidden Zone Elissa Blake , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 January 2015; (p. 5)

— Review of The Unspoken Word is Joe Zoey Dawson , 2011 single work drama
Breaking the Basic Rules of Theatre Never Felt So Good Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 October 2012; (p. 13)

— Review of The Unspoken Word is Joe Zoey Dawson , 2011 single work drama
Breaking the Basic Rules of Theatre Never Felt So Good Cameron Woodhead , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 October 2012; (p. 13)

— Review of The Unspoken Word is Joe Zoey Dawson , 2011 single work drama
A Divided Woman in the Forbidden Zone Elissa Blake , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 January 2015; (p. 5)

— Review of The Unspoken Word is Joe Zoey Dawson , 2011 single work drama
Break-ups and Breakdowns Jason Blake , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 January 2015; (p. 11)

— Review of The Unspoken Word is Joe Zoey Dawson , 2011 single work drama
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