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Many thanks to everyone who came along to an incredible opening night for A Dog Called Monkey! In anticipation of tonight's Relaxed Performance, meet the team and read about the genesis of the show here in our E-Program. Ticket's for tonight's show are available on the door at Northcote Town Hall, or you can pre-book online here: https://goo.gl/2qZ1ve. Don't miss out! 🎟

A digital version of the show program for A DOG CALLED MONKEY - Showing at Northcote Town Hall, June 21-24.

Artful X - The Good, the Bad, and the Artful

Hear writer Laura and director Freya talk about their experiences working with us to develop 'A Dog Called Monkey' leading up to its premiere on June 21! Their enlightening chat begins at 36:41 of this podcast.
This is a new work that demands to be seen - Northcote Town Hall, June 21-24. Tickets @ https://goo.gl/2qZ1ve

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A DOG CALLED MONKEY
by Laura Collins
Directed by Freya McGrath
Northcote Town Hall, June 21-24
Event: https://goo.gl/tVwfCt

TALLULAH UPDATE! For those of you waiting to hear more about this year's season of Old Wives' Tales, Sunny and Tilda have, after much discussion, have decided to postpone the festival until later this year. As many of you know, we both have a busy year ahead, and we want to be able to devote our full care and attention to making Old Wives 2.0 the best it can be. Currently, we are anticipating that the season will take place in November of this year.

If you were planning on getting involved, or if you have an idea in its early stages, please do still contact us- we are happy to discuss ideas at any time in the year.

In the meantime, stay tuned for updates on our next production, A Dog Called Monkey.

Happy 2017! xx Tallulah

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Thanks to everyone who came along to our launch last night, we had an absolutely lovely time! Thanks especially to all our raffle buyers and winners - we hope you enjoy your prizes!

For those of you who couldn't make it last night, you can find out all about Tallulah's 2017 season on our brand new website! Check it out at www.tallulahtheatre.com xoxo

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Ahh, the girls' bathroom - the inner sanctum, the high temple of womanhood, the battle royale stadium, the top secret HQ, the salon, the sanctuary, the only unsupervised place in a highschool. Be sure to book your tickets to Old Wives' Tales and let Joanna, Amy, Ella and Hanna bring you into a space that is so much more than just a bathroom.
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Before you see Matriline, by Danielle, Sian, Maddi and Eunice this week, ask yourself

How would you describe your relationship to your mother?
A) Loving
B) Frustrating
C) Complicated
D) All of the above

Make sure you book tickets for Old Wives' Tales - opening in two days!
https://trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=197982

Sneak preview of what Jean, Julia, Claire and Myfanwy have been working on:

Welcome to ‘DOCTOR, DOCTOR!’ Take a seat, make yourself comfortable—welcome to the studio. We’ll get to you really soon. We promise.
Drawing from interviews with women and non-binary folk, DOCTOR, DOCTOR! uses real quotes and experiences to take a closer look at your healthcare system.

Opening night is just a couple of days away! Make sure you book your tickets! https://trybooking.com/197982

Sneak preview of what Adelaide, Madeleine, Solange and Jessica have been discussing:

Before the show, have a think about the shape of your body and what fruit or vegetable it looks like. And remember, your underwear is trying to control you.

Only one week to go! Make sure you book your tickets https://trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=197982

USHERS WANTED:
are you super keen to see Old Wives' Tales but your wallet doesn't seem to be as excited as you are? Have you been looking at the notifications of the show, thinking "damn, I'd really like to help out." Come usher for a night (or if you can do more than one night that would amazing!) Tallulah Theatre needs six ushers per night, who would need to arrive 1.5 hours before the beginning of the performance to be trained. If you're interested contact [email protected]

And finally, Ebony:

What is something a wise woman in your life has shared with you?
“Do what’s best for yourself.”

What is your experience with devised theatre?
“I have pretty good experience with devised work: I’ve done some devised work at a theatre company for children, which was fun. I’ve done a lot of devised work and I think it’s the best way to make theatre. Yeah, unarguably the best way to make theatre.”

Danielle:

What is something a wise woman in your life has shared with you?
“I’ve actually been thinking about this lately and I couldn’t narrow it down to just one – it’s kind this cacophony of different things that have been said to me over the years. I can’t quite narrow down to like ‘this is the phrase that was said by a wise, inspirational woman.’ Instead I’ll say that I’ve had three wise, inspirational women in my life – one of them is my mum, the other two were both my teachers when I was in VCE and they just gave us so much advice on approaching life when you’re a woman.”

What is your experience with devised theatre?
“I did VCE drama, which is all completely devised work, non-naturalistic. Also, I was part of a theatre company called Daring Greatly where, basically, every week we did nothing but devising and did nothing but non-naturalism so that’s probably my wheelhouse, I guess. That’s where I feel most comfortable, so that’s why I was really excited to be part of this project.”

We interrupt our usual "get to know the director" posts with a cheeky preview of what everyone has been working on. Last Thursday everyone came together with snacks and creative minds to show what great ideas the devising process has thrown at them. While these are nowhere near the finished products, what we saw made us so excited to see how the plays develop and blossom!

Adelaide:

What is something a wise woman in your life has shared with you?
"My mum’s best friend Pam from school, her little line is ‘onwards and upwards’ and I’ve always really loved that as a motto for life. She’s been through some not great things and has always pulled through with a smile on her face with that attitude, so probably ‘onwards and upwards.’”

What is your experience with devised theatre?
“I haven’t really done any since high school, in drama class, but everything I’ve done since then has been script work and Shakespeare and prewritten texts so it will be very interesting to see where this goes.”

doctor, doctor

Hey! Want to help out with Old Wives Tales but don't know how? Have a weird/terrible/absurd story about that one time you went to the doctor? Here is a message from one of our directors, Jean:

-I'm directing one of 6 other brilliant pieces for Tallulah Theatre, and the one I'm doing is on how gendered expectations in the wider world filter into the healthcare system. If you have some time and/or an itch to share your experience, I would love to hear from you!

Please feel free to share as much detail as you are comfortable with: your contributions will shape the final story we tell, but all responses will be kept absolutely anonymous.

http://goo.gl/forms/D86sfgpFxb

docs.google.com Hi there! If you identify as female/wom*n/trans/non-binary, we'd love to hear about your experience with the healthcare system. We're currently collating experiences for a piece of theatre we're doing on how gendered expectations in the wider world filter into the healthcare system. If you have some…

Jean:

What is something a wise woman in your life has shared with you?
"A very wise and talented person in my life said to me that if I know what I want I should just ask for it. I thought that was very useful because so often we kind of know what we want but we don’t admit to ourselves that we do. And in terms of artistic process that is a very useful thing to remember – that you actually do know what you want and you can actually ask for it and you can actually get it.”

What is your experience with devised theatre?
“I’ve devised a couple of smaller works, one of them was my own work and one was with someone else. So this is my first devised work where I am directing the devising process and getting a cast together and devising something from the ground up. There’s a very broad groundwork but there are no specific limitations which is quite exciting, so I think it will be quite an ensemblish exercise.”

Jess:

What is something a wise woman in your life has shared with you?
"How to apply for a grant.”

What is your experience with devised theatre?
"Very limited and that’s part of the appeal because I always like to do things that I haven’t done before.”

While our wonderful women are off making art, we can meet the creative brains behind it all.

Joanna:

What is something wise a woman in your life has shared with you?
"I come from a family of very very intelligent, outspoken women, and lot’s of them. So, the most inspirational things that they have told me are stories about themselves and other women from generations back in the family. Stories about all the women in my family told by the women in my family"

What is your experience with devised theatre?
“I have done a lot of textual work, a lot of work with solid, heavy scripts, a lot of classics. Then I did a devised piece as Petra’s assistant director for the major Union House Theatre production first semester of 2015 and I also did a devised production of Medea in Edinburgh with a physical theatre company called Paradok. I really enjoyed both those experiences. I’ve used devising as a way of working with text but this is my first real devised piece that I am in charge of by myself, so I’m really excited.”

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came along to the auditions last Saturday! Everyone was amazing. The pieces are now cast and rehearsals are underway! We can't wait to show you all what we're working on

Tallulah would like to say a big thank you to all the lovely ladies who came and hung out and shared stories with us last week! We're currently putting together our team for the show going forward- so if you have any interest in being involved, regardless of whether you came to the developments or not, drop us a line at [email protected] xx Sunny and Tilda

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Midnight club reunion aka Wall-e, pizza and cuddles! Keep your eyes peeled friends- we have exciting things in the making for the new year!

The chairs are gone, the lights are off and Graham Cornish B is back to its old (kinda boring) state. Thank you so much to everyone who came and made The Midnight Club such a fun time (and a sold-out show) for us here at Tallulah! Keep your eyes on this space for our next venture, and until then- keep on dancing :)