(un)Australian (2019)

02/05/2019 – 04/05/2019

Year
2019
Author
Maki Morita and Esther Cowen
Abstract
A term that allegedly dates back to 1855 (No, Seriously). Things that have previously been accused of being ‘(un)Australian’ include: ball-tampering, backstabbing politicians, referring to thongs as ‘flip-flops’, befriending New-Zealanders, holding a non-Australian passport, vegetarianism, various governments’ asylum seeker policies, and even worker strikes in the 90s. Four Letter Word Theatre gives you a Double Bill show offering two unique responses to a term that highlights the prejudice and paradox, the illusion, delusion and confusion at the heart of the Australian psyche.
Director
Cheryl Ho and Simon Farley
Designer
Emmanuelle Mattana
Cast
Elbow Lotion: Lydia Bell (Nurse) Imogen Gibb (Patient) Sinead Mulcahy (Harry) Ella Kamer (Will) Katie Treasure (Lorna) Cindy Jiang (Jordan) Yellow Swan: Nina D'Souza (Michiko) Finn Lloyd (Willy) James Robertson (Tom) Lotte Beckett (Kylie/Pauline) Amy Li (Marie Kondo) Emmanuelle Mattana (Lauren) Lucinda Kelly (Lauren's Assistant/Festival Worker)
Crew
Production Manager - Oliver Ross Producer - Ada Coxall Stage Manager - Minna Pius Director (Elbow Lotion) - Simon Farley Director (Yellow Swan) - Cheryl Ho Assistant Director - Vaishnavi Krishna Assistant Stage Managers - Jessica Cassar, Alison Ford Access Officer - Desiree Tan Set Designer - Emmnuelle Mattana Sound Designer - Anya Wong Lighting Designer - Anna Smith Lighting Operator - Saskia Peachey Production Assistant - Lucy Golub Costume Designer - Yuqi (Maxine) Chen Front of House - Naomi Cardwell