She's Not Performing

La Mama Presents
A DOLL and Soulart Production

She's Not Performing
A new play by Alison Mann

A woman visits a club and sees a stripper who is a mirror image of herself. She begins to believe that this could be the daughter she adopted out as a teenager. A journey through the psyche of a woman in search of a child she once lost.

...Suddenly I became all sex and baby...

A darkly surreal and tender look at past adoption practices and the impact they have in the present day.

Written by: Alison Mann
Directed by: Kelly Somes
Cast: Andrea Close, Chris Bunworth, Rachel Purchase, Mike McEvoy

Set Design: Tanja Beer
Lighting Desgin: Darren Kowacki & Lisa Mibus
Costume Design: Melaine Liertz
Dramaturg: Maude Davey
Puppetry/Visual Theatre: Gina Moss 
Consultant:  Rinske Ginsberg 
Dance Choreographer: Tamara Searle
Sound Design/Composition: Jared Lewis 
Production / Stage Manager: Jess Keepence 
Set Design Assistants: Ashlee Hughes & Jacquie Holland

VENUE: La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday St, Carlton

DATES: 18th August - 5th September

TIMES: Wed & Sun 6.30pm, Thu, Fri, Sat 8pm

TICKETS: $25 Full, $15 Concession

BOOKINGS: 9347 6142 or www.lamama.com.au

The Early Stages - Play Reading

She's Not Performing

A new work by Alison Mann
Directed by Kelly Somes

Thursday 28 May, 2009

6.30pm

The Black Box, Arts Centre

The Early Stages features some of Melbourne’s exciting emerging playwrights, presenting their new works through performed readings. The third in the series is She’s Not Performing by Alison Mann.

Margarite by chance sees a girl at a strip club that uncannily resembles herself. She becomes fascinated by the girl and continues to attend the strip club by herself. Margarite had a daughter adopted out when she was a teenager. Is it possible the girl at the club could be her? Or is Margarite looking out from within her own fantasies?

The Early Stages are FREE events, presented by the Emerging Writers' Festival in partnership with FULL TILT.

www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au