my sister feather' brings together some of Australia's finest female artists at La Mama Courthouse
Shortlisted for both the 2017 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights' Award and the 2018 Max Afford Playwrights' Award this tale of survival, love, and loss by one of Melbourne's most exciting new playwrights is not to be missed. #VIMH #mysisterfeather
Venue: La Mama Courthouse
Address: 349 Drummond Street, Carlton
Date: 31 May - 10 June, 2018
Time: 6:30pm, Thurs - Sat 7:30pm, Sun 4pm
Ticket: $30 Full, $20 Concession and Preview
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Address: 349 Drummond Street, Carlton
Date: 31 May - 10 June, 2018
Time: 6:30pm, Thurs - Sat 7:30pm, Sun 4pm
Ticket: $30 Full, $20 Concession and Preview
Buy / Ticket: http://lamama.com.au/2018-autumn-program/my-sister-feather-may-30-june-10
Web: https://thevoiceinmyhands.com/
: https://www.facebook.com/thevoiceinmyhands/
: https://www.facebook.com/events/154987428523404/
: https://www.instagram.com/thevoiceinmyhands/
EMail: info@lamama.com.au
Call: 03 9347 6142
Shortlisted for both the 2017 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights' Award and the 2018 Max Afford Playwrights' Award this tale of survival, love, and loss by one of Melbourne's most exciting new playwrights is not to be missed. Running from the 31st of May to the 10th of June at the La Mama Courthouse, 'my sister feather' is a powerful new work by playwright Olivia Satchell bringing together some of Australia's finest female artists.
It's been decades since sisters Egg (Emily Tomlins) and Tilly (Belinda McClory) have seen each other. Now middle-aged, one is serving out time in prison and the other has been given special permission to visit her. She's here to deliver a letter from their mother who abandoned them when they were little girls. Their mother who disappeared during a game of Hide and Seek. Their mother who has just died. Shifting between a stark prison centre and the shared childhood of two women, my sister feather is a compelling investigation of trauma and sisterhood.
"This is the second play in a trilogy of work that I'm writing about the relationship between grief, memory, and the female body", explains Playwright and Director Olivia Satchell.
"In each play we meet a pair of women who are alone together in a public space. I'm inspired by spaces whose temporary nature allow the possibility of transformation to those meetings. With my sister feather I was inspired by the closeness that my Mother has with her sisters, as well as my relationship with my own sister. I wanted to imagine what it would take to separate us and what that sort of loss would feel like. The play considers many different forms of loss and how they converge around loving somebody, but no longer being able to care for them. It's about choosing to love somebody when all obligation to do so has been stripped away from you."
A theatre-maker, writer, and dramaturg trained at the Victorian College of the Arts and the University of Sydney, Olivia Satchell also heads the voice in my hands (VIMH); a Melbourne-based independent theatre company producing original new work and providing ongoing development opportunities for new writing for performance within the local theatre community.
Written and Directed by Olivia Satchell and starring Emily Tomlins and Belinda McClory, my sister feather is set to be a true highlight on the Melbourne Arts Calendar.
Writer/Director: Olivia Satchell
Cast: Emily Tomlins and Belinda McClory
Dramaturg: Emma Valente
Sound Designer: Tom Backhaus
Lighting Designer: Jason Crick
Set and Costume Designer: James Lew
Assistant Director: Fiona Spitzkowsky
Stage Manager/Operator: Julian Dibley-Hall
Producer: Anna Kennedy
It's been decades since sisters Egg (Emily Tomlins) and Tilly (Belinda McClory) have seen each other. Now middle-aged, one is serving out time in prison and the other has been given special permission to visit her. She's here to deliver a letter from their mother who abandoned them when they were little girls. Their mother who disappeared during a game of Hide and Seek. Their mother who has just died. Shifting between a stark prison centre and the shared childhood of two women, my sister feather is a compelling investigation of trauma and sisterhood.
"This is the second play in a trilogy of work that I'm writing about the relationship between grief, memory, and the female body", explains Playwright and Director Olivia Satchell.
"In each play we meet a pair of women who are alone together in a public space. I'm inspired by spaces whose temporary nature allow the possibility of transformation to those meetings. With my sister feather I was inspired by the closeness that my Mother has with her sisters, as well as my relationship with my own sister. I wanted to imagine what it would take to separate us and what that sort of loss would feel like. The play considers many different forms of loss and how they converge around loving somebody, but no longer being able to care for them. It's about choosing to love somebody when all obligation to do so has been stripped away from you."
A theatre-maker, writer, and dramaturg trained at the Victorian College of the Arts and the University of Sydney, Olivia Satchell also heads the voice in my hands (VIMH); a Melbourne-based independent theatre company producing original new work and providing ongoing development opportunities for new writing for performance within the local theatre community.
Written and Directed by Olivia Satchell and starring Emily Tomlins and Belinda McClory, my sister feather is set to be a true highlight on the Melbourne Arts Calendar.
Writer/Director: Olivia Satchell
Cast: Emily Tomlins and Belinda McClory
Dramaturg: Emma Valente
Sound Designer: Tom Backhaus
Lighting Designer: Jason Crick
Set and Costume Designer: James Lew
Assistant Director: Fiona Spitzkowsky
Stage Manager/Operator: Julian Dibley-Hall
Producer: Anna Kennedy