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'Five ordinarily marvellous women find themselves back in their infants school classroom plying their needles in a good old-fashioned session of "stitch and bitch". Their confessions are frank, their rivalries intense and their jokes outrageous. They discover a common frustration with the limitations of being female and mature in a world still largely defined by men.
Accidentally locked in the classroom, with nothing but ingenuity, Adora Cream Wafers and a bucket to get them through the crisis, unknown reserves come to the fore. Released from their own constraints, they rediscover their capacity to love, forgive - and take control. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
Men see their wives, adult children see their mothers, grandchildren see Nana and the mature Australian woman sees herself...' (Source: Riverside Parramatta website)
Accidentally locked in the classroom, with nothing but ingenuity, Adora Cream Wafers and a bucket to get them through the crisis, unknown reserves come to the fore. Released from their own constraints, they rediscover their capacity to love, forgive - and take control. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
Men see their wives, adult children see their mothers, grandchildren see Nana and the mature Australian woman sees herself...' (Source: Riverside Parramatta website)
Production Details
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Directed by Wayne Harrison
Performed at Riverside Theatres Parramatta 1-5 May 2012.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Pointy End of Drama
2012
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 September 2012; (p. 8) Lyn Mills reports on a production of Biddies at The Q, Queanbeyan, New South Wales. -
Chip off the Old Block
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 May 2012; (p. 5)
— Review of Biddies 2012 single work drama -
Getting to the Point of It All
2012
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 May 2012; (p. 8) -
Sewing Circle Moral Lacks a Thread
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April 2012; (p. 11)
— Review of Biddies 2012 single work drama -
A New Generation Delivers
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 October 2011; (p. 4)
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Sewing Circle Moral Lacks a Thread
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April 2012; (p. 11)
— Review of Biddies 2012 single work drama -
Chip off the Old Block
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 May 2012; (p. 5)
— Review of Biddies 2012 single work drama -
A New Generation Delivers
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 October 2011; (p. 4) -
Getting to the Point of It All
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 May 2012; (p. 8) -
Pointy End of Drama
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 September 2012; (p. 8) Lyn Mills reports on a production of Biddies at The Q, Queanbeyan, New South Wales.
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