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RADICAL ACTS
FESTIVAL READINGS BY THE SHE WRITES COLLECTIVE
5 - 6 MAR
ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
9 writers |10 plays |7 directors | 17 actors in 37 roles| For 2 days in the theatre of readings and dialogues.
When Summer turns to Autumn turn to the She Writes Collective to provide a sneaky peak inside their new work in a series of play readings with professional actors and directors.
Climb inside each writer’s mind when they discuss intimately the radical act of playwriting, how they go about it, why they do it, and the unique genesis for each of their works in the series of dialogues to accompany the readings.
The Collective will take over Theatre Works’ new space the Explosives Factory for 2 days of heart-wrenching, captivating, dangerous, political and poetic moments of theatre.
See excerpts of these resident writer’s new plays before they hit Australian stages as fully formed beasts.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS - THE SHE WRITES COLLECTIVE
She Writes is a writing and performance program for emerging or mid-career female-identifying playwrights. This program offers participating writers support networks and professional development to generate the next wave of unique performance writing. Theatre Works has partnered with the Victorian College of the Arts for this project, pairing a resident writer with a VCA dramaturgy student to work together on a new piece of writing. She Writes offers an invaluable opportunity for our resident writers and VCA dramaturgy students to actively collaborate with the industry in developing a new generation of dynamic new performance works.
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Briony Dunn (she/her)
FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
Julia Landberg (she/her)
SHE WRITES COLLECTIVE
Maja Aminita (she/her) Lauren Anderson (she/her) Paris Balla (they/them) Laura Collins (she/her) Caitlin Doyle-Markwick (she/her) Bumpy Favell (she/they) Emma Gibson (she/her) Meegan May (she/her) India Alessandra (she/her) Vivian Nguyen (she/her) Vanessa O’Neill (she/her) Eddie Pattison (they/them) Sarah Louise Younger (she/her)
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