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'‘In the end, my dear, you will understand your greatest role – or, rather, why it is that you can never play it.’
'For thousands of years, they’ve haunted our stages. From our childhood, they’ve stalked through our dreams, tears in their eyes and blood on their teeth. Beautiful, monstrous, they challenge and taunt us to explore the limits of experience; they dare us to walk in their footsteps, to speak in their voices.
'Now that sexism is a thing of the past and we’re all equal, it’s time to take a fond look back at the great heroines of classic theatre. And what better way to celebrate their legacy than by pitching them against one another in a viciously entertaining battle royale? How can that be wrong?
'Elbow Room turn gender anxiety on its head in a witty and playful evening that promises to ask only one serious question: have there ever been women in theatre?' (Production summary)
Production Details
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A Melbourne Theatre Company production. Performed and presented by Elbow Room : 9-19 July 2015.
Directors Marcel Dorney, Emily Tomlins
Written by Marcel Dorney, Rachel Perks
Creative Consultants Tanya Dickson, Daniel Evans
Production Designer House of Vnholy
Costume Designers Chloe Greaves, Zoe Rouse
Lighting Designer Kris Chainey
Movement Director Helen Duncan
Composer Josh Hodge
Assistant Director Sarah McCormick
Production Manager/Stage Manager Julia Truong
Assistant Stage Manager Kat Timms
Producer Dean Cartmel
Cast & Co-Creatives include Tamiah Bantum, Amy Ingram, Kasia Kaczmarek, Maurial Spearim, Sonya Suares and Emily Tomlins
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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We Get It Shows They've Got It
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 August no. 608 2015; (p. 19)
— Review of We Get It 2015 single work drama -
A Blackly Comic Expose of the Stages of Sexism
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 July 2015; (p. 12)
— Review of We Get It 2015 single work drama -
Battle Royale of Theatre's Great Women
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 2015;
— Review of We Get It 2015 single work drama
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Battle Royale of Theatre's Great Women
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 July 2015;
— Review of We Get It 2015 single work drama -
A Blackly Comic Expose of the Stages of Sexism
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 13 July 2015; (p. 12)
— Review of We Get It 2015 single work drama -
We Get It Shows They've Got It
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 26 August no. 608 2015; (p. 19)
— Review of We Get It 2015 single work drama