Wednesday, 25 July 2018
to Saturday, 4 August 2018
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Preview, 25 July 8pm All shows 8pm except Sunday at 6pm Relaxed Performance Saturday, 4 August at 2pm Auslan Interpreted performance Thursday, 2 August at 8pm No shows Monday or Tuesday
Come to play, come to win or don’t come at all
I don’t know when I first saw it / In a memory, a premonition, or a dream. It was a house and it was on fire / I was the house and I was on fire.
A suburban netball team. A new player. Cass says she wants to fit in but if she won't play by their rules why does she bother coming at all? She claims to see something they cannot, a warning of sorts. All the other women want to do is play. But this player will push each of them to a point of furious revelation. Nothing will be left on the court once these women are done with their reckoning.
A sweaty play about the petty and the profound, the mundane and the mythic, Contest asks how we might be with each other if we don’t have to win.
Contest is presented in association with New Working Group and Bureau of Works Contest was originally commissioned by Malthouse Theatre through the support of the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. It was seeded through Malthouse Theatre’s Besen Family Artist Program, and developed through the City of Yarra Performance Investigations Program. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. The production is supported by the Besen Family Foundation.
Writer: Emilie Collyer Director: Prue Clark Movement Direction: Nat Cursio and Alice Dixon Set and Costume Design:Romanie Harper Lighting Design: Amelia Lever-Davidson Sound Design: Emah Fox Script Dramaturg: Mark Pritchard Producer: Erin Milne (Bureau of Works)
Northcote Town Hall, Main Hall 189 High St, Northcote
TICKETS Adult $33 Concession $28 (Student, Pensioners, Health Care Card Holders) Preview $25 Groups of 4+ $28 per ticket Subscriptions also available for the Speakeasy 2018 Season, choose three or more shows and purchase for $28 per ticket. Click here to book online.
Transaction fees apply - $3.70 online, $5 over the phone, no charge when purchasing directly from the venue No filming or photography permitted We accept Companion Cards, please call the Box Office on 9481 9500 to make your booking
Contest by New Working Group (Emilie Collyer)
