This Writer Wednesday we caught up with Erin Pattison, part of the She Writes collective, the Theatre Works Front of House team and one third of Flesh Coloured Panties Productions! How would you describe your writing? “I’d describe my writing as poetic trash. I love using big glorious words and rambling romantic phrasing to talk […]
Writer Wednesday – Laura Collins
Laura Collins is our She Writes associate of the week for another instalment of Writer Wednesday! 📃 How would you describe your writing? “Using both theatre and installation art, my writing aims to dissect gender politics and analyse the way we interact with the natural environment. My work is whimsical, poetic and bizarre, but I […]
Writer Wednesday – Lauren Anderson & Meegan May
This week’s Writer Wednesday features the dynamic wring duo; Lauren Anderson and Meegan May! 📃🖊 Part of the She is Vigilante program in 2019, we’re excited to be working together with Lauren and Meegan again in 2020 to support their new play through She Writes. How would you describe your writing? “We tend to be […]
Writer Wednesday – Vivian Nguyen
For this week’s Writer Wednesday we caught up with She Writes associate Vivian Nguyen to talk about her writing and her experience at Theatre Works so far! 📃🖊 How would you describe your writing? “My writing is an intimate exploration of aspects of myself that have impacted my life growing up, and the details of […]
Writer Wednesday – Emma Gibson
Writer Wednesday’s back, and this week we chatted with She Writes Associate Artist, Emma Gibson. How would you describe your writing? “My writing is often informed by place. I like to explore big, existential ideas, and often draw on research. Reflecting on my work recently I realised a common theme in most of my produced […]
Writer Wednesday – Vanessa O’Neil
Introducing Writer Wednesday! From this week on, we’ll be getting to know a writer from our extremely talented She Writes cohort with special features across our website and social media. Today, we’re excited to introduce Vanessa O’Neil. How would you describe your writing? “I write pieces of theatre that are bold and playful and heartfelt. […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Romi Kupfer
This week, for TW Talks Tuesday, Romi Kupfer sits down with us to talk about her work developing Singing Swallows, opening up about how this vital work came into being, the challenges she has faced teaching young people about the Holocaust and the importance of telling these stories. I am a theatre maker that has been […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Sarahlouise & Ashley Taylor
This week, for TW Talks Tuesday, we chat to Sarahlouise Younger and Ashley Taylor from Salty Theatre. SL: Hello my name is Sarahlouise Younger. I am the co-founding artistic director of Salty Theatre and the director of Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody. AT: Hi I’m Ashley Taylor I’m one of the co-founders of […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview with Krystalla Pearce & Bridget Balodis
We sat down with Krystalla Pearce and Bridget Balodis, to talk about their upcoming collection of short plays known as She is Vigilante at Theatre Works. In February 2019, Bridget Balodis and Krystalla Pearce put a call out for women writers to develop a series of short works to be presented at Theatre Works St.Kilda in late 2019. […]
TW Talks Tuesday: An Interview With Karen Corbett & Deborah Leiser-Moore
It took Karen Corbett, the award-winning theatre maker, now in her 60s, two decades to realise that what she’d experienced as a young woman was homelessness. KC: I was pregnant. I was on the run. I went to a home for unmarried mothers … from caravan to caravan, to couch surfing, to living in a […]