We Get It

'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?"
 
Elbow Room are a contemporary, award-winning, performance ensemble based in Melbourne. Since 2008, their distinctive combination of intellectual curiosity and performative wit has garnered critical acclaim, sell-out seasons in several cities, and multiple re-presentations by festivals around Australia.
 
Directed by Marcel Dorney and Emily Tomlins
Creative Consultants Tanya Dickson, Daniel Evans, and Rachel Perks
Production Design by Matt Adey (House of Vnholy)
Costume Design by Chloe Greaves, and Zoe Rouse
Lighting Design by Kris Chainey
Producer: Dean Cartmel
Movement Director: Helen Duncan
Cast and Co-Creatives include Tamiah Bantum, Amy Ingram, Kasia Kaczmarek, Maurial Spearim, Sonya Suares, and Emily Tomlins
 
Join them for the post-show NEON CONVERSATION on Sunday the 12th of July, 2015.
Doll Parts: Feminism and Theatre in an Era of Borrowed Prestige. Panel includes Elbow Room and special guest, Clementine Ford.