theatre works presents
playwriting festival by the she writes collective
Radical Acts Festival
FREE READINGS | 26 - 29 APRIL | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY | FESTIVAL WORKS
Radical Acts Festival
VENUE
playwriting festival by the she writes collective
For 7 days when the St Kilda Autumn leaves fall our Radical Acts Playwriting Festival drops. There you’ll find our She Writes Collective immersed in a series of dialogues, workshops and mentoring. The festival will culminate in the writers sharing excerpts of their new plays with audiences in public play-readings followed by in-conversations with their directors. Climb inside each writer’s mind in a collection of intimate discussions on the radical act of playwriting; how they go about it, why they do it, and the unique genesis for each of their works.
Past mentors and industry guests have included Michele Lee, Zoey Dawson, Stephen Nicolazzo, Amelia Evans, Morgan Rose, Fleur Kilpatrick, Angela Betzien, Annie Bourke, Tanya Gerstle, Petra Kalive, Alyson Campbell, Andrea James, Laura Milke, Sam Strong and Kamarra Bell-Wykes.
This festival was made possible with the generous support of City of Port Philip, Besen Foundation, Malcom Robertson Foundation, Creative Victoria and Palais Theatre.
Explosives Factory
DURATION
2 Hours
WARNINGS
TBC
DATES + TIMES
Wed 26th April - 7:30pm
Lily Thomson, Laura Lethlean, Georgia Symons, Emma Fawcett
Thu 27th April - 7:30pm
Megan Mitchell, Amy May Nunn, Brooke Fairley
Fri 28th April - 7:30pm
Belinda Kirwan, Maeve Hook, Myf Hocking, Kei Murakami
Sat 29th April - 7:30pm
Inna Tsyrlin, Miranda Middleton, Margot Morales, Flick
This show is a lock-out performance. No latecomers will be admitted. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
FREE
CONCESSION*
FREE
PREVIEW
FREE
20 at $20**
FREE
MOB TIX
FREE
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
CREDITS
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Briony Dunn (she/her)
SHE WRITES COLLECTIVE
Alexandra Morgan (she/her)
Amarachi Okorom (she/her)
Amy Nunn (she/they)
Belinda Kirwan (she/her)
Brooke Fairley (she/her)
Emma Fawcett (she/her)Flick (they/she)
Georgia Symons (she/her)
Inna Tsyrlin (she/her)
Kei Murakami (she/her)
Laura Lethlean (she/her)
Lily Thomson (she/her)
Maeve Hook (she/her)
Margot Tanjutco (she/they)
Megan Mitchell (she/her)
Miranda Middleton (she/her) TW Resident Writer
Myfanwy Hocking (she/they)
Susanne Porter (she/her)
Zoe Resnick (she/her)
MEET THE ARTIST -
SHE WRITES COLLECTIVE
She Writes is a writing program for emerging and early-career female-identifying and non-binary playwrights. This program offers participating writers support networks and professional development to generate the next wave of unique performance writing. Theatre Works partners with both Victorian College of the Arts dramaturgy graduates and independent dramaturges for this project, to actively collaborate on real-world playwriting, to establish professional relationships whilst developing the new generation of dynamic new work.
