Acts of Undressing
April 20 - May 1
Yirra Yaakin
65 Murray St, Perth
Acts of Undressing is a dark, unsettling and bloody comedy about four un-fascinating women in fascinators.
These love-less milliners escape their boredom by creating these aimless, fashionable, empty accessories. Tangled together in a flock of insignificance and insecurity, they spend their days working on a deadly sun tan. Their only interest is the seagulls that they exploit for their feathers.
"There has been an epic battle between the Cassowary and our kind for centuries... with its large raptor talons and high level of intelligence, they are the number one killers of Milliners... you could be exercising at the gym or buying vegetables... and a whole flock of Cassowary will bound in and tear you limb from limb."
The women stand on the shore watching the lighthouse illuminate the rocks, musing about the man who lives within its isolation. The Lighthouse Keeper enters their lives and seduces them with stories of long lost loves. When they finally discover that they are being tricked, they take to him like a flock of seagulls to a box of hot chips, tearing him limb from limb.
With blood and feathers, burns and songs these women waste away in their search for a life worth living.
Written by Ian Sinclair
Directed and produced by Kathryn Osborne
Set and costume design by Alissa Claessens
Lighting design by Chris Isaacs
Music written and performed by Marc Osborne
Featuring Fran Middleton, Brendon Ewing, Gita Bezard and Alissa Claessens
Orange in Four Parts
TBC September/October 2010
When the café is closed and the customers are gone, one lonely waitress tries to sleep. While the other waitresses pack up shop, she tries hot milk, a late night snack and hums a little lullaby. She sings away her troubles, trying to satisfy her cravings, without ever realising that the answers were there all along.
With onion tears and barbershop stylings, this a'Capella musical is the comical quest to find a glass more than half full.
Directed and Produced by Kathryn Osborne
Composed by Fran MiddletonDevised and Performed by
Gita Bezard, Alissa Claessens, Sarah McKellar and Fran Middleton.
Image by Donna Ferreri
I Don't Know You
TBC November 2010
Coming soon... A blurb.
Written by Gita Bezard
Directed by Kathryn Osborne
Devised by Natalie Holmwood, Sarah McKellar and Tim Watts
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