New Aussie play Hits reclaims the rush of first concerts and band culture for young women
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par Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia
It is always wonderful to see a new Australian play, and to see one by a female playwright with a majority female cast and creative team is a thrill. Hits, by multi-talented director/writer/co-producer Rebecca Meston, turns up the volume on home-grown theatre and transforms the black box Space Theatre into a band venue of the ’80s and ’90s.
Seated at cabaret tables, the audience becomes part of a live music concert: loud music blares, mosh-pit actors enter from the audience, and we meet Rhiannon (Ren Williams, with wonderful depth and energy), a young high school kid clutching an LP…
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jeudi 4 juillet 2024
