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'Margarite visits a club and sees a stripper who is a mirror image of herself. She begins to believe that this could be the daughter she was pressured to adopt out as a teenager.
'She’s Not Performing journeys through the psyche of a woman living in a hyper-sexualised world as she searches for a child she once lost, grappling with subconscious fantasies and fears about her ability to reclaim her identity as a mother.
'Pulsing with bold images and stripped-back language, it’s a darkly surreal and tender look at past adoption practices in Australia and the impact they have in the present day.'
Source: Tasmanian Theatre Company.
Production Details
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First produced at La Mama Theatre, Carlton, Victoria, 18 August 2010.
Director: Kelly Somes.
Dramaturg: Maude Davey.
Produced by the Tasmanian Theatre Company at the Theatre Royal, 21 - 29 November 2013.
Director: Belinda Bradley.
Cast: Bryony Geeves, Sara Pensalfini, Cam McKenzie, and Jo Clements.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Modern Take on Mother and Child
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 2010; (p. 15)
— Review of She's Not Performing 2010 single work drama
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A Modern Take on Mother and Child
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 2010; (p. 15)
— Review of She's Not Performing 2010 single work drama