2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre

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2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre
2021 SEASON
PART 2: JUL – DEC
2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre
MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome back!                                                   for adults performed by Albury
                                                                Wodonga’s brightest young                      2021 SEASON
                                                                                                             PART 2: JUL – DEC

I
     n Season 2021: Part                                        humans. Get involved - answer
     Two we step into fragile                                   their questions and you could find
     spaces, finding our way                                    yourself in the show too!
     in the new world. Despite
relentless change, there are                                      Finally, find your way home to truth
moments when we hit solid                                         with CHASE by the inimitable Carly
ground, discovering eternal                                       Sheppard. We are thrilled to bring

                                                                                                            PRIMA FACIE
truths that awaken us in new                                      this world premiere First Nations
ways.                                             work to its first regional audience. Both repelling
                                                  and compelling, Chase dazzles with her acerbic
With the continued ground swell of the            wit confronting us to consider how we continue
                                                  to benefit from colonialism.
                                                                                                               11-14 AUGUST
#MeToo movement racing through our own
parliament, find your way home to justice
with Suzie Miller’s PRIMA FACIE.                  It will be a thrilling season you won’t want to
                                                  miss. See you there.

                                                                                                         I’VE BEEN MEANING
A tour-de-force, Sheridan Harbridge leads
this stunning take down of the Australian legal
system.

In October, find your way home to your
youth with the joyously subversive, I’VE
BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU - a show
                                                  KARLA CONWAY
                                                  ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO
                                                                                                              TO ASK YOU
                                                                                                               6-9 OCTOBER
BOARD                                             MANAGEMENT
Chair Paul Robb                                   Artistic Director & CEO Karla Conway
Deputy Chair Kelly Lees
Treasurer Shaun Field
Secretary Margie Gleeson
                                                  Business Manager Madeleine Schnelle
                                                  Producer Beck Palmer
                                                  Venue & Technical Manager Adam Elliott
                                                                                                              CHASE
                                                                                                              9-13 NOVEMBER
Board Member Jo Hewitt                            Communications Lee Dashiell
Board Member Valda Murray                         Programs & Administration Clancy Hauser
Board Member Sarah Neal                           Finance Officer Amandu Frazer
Board Member Christopher Tooher                   Technical Trainee Darcie Campbell
                                                  Assistant Producer Tiffany Ward

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional
custodians of our land. We pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Elders
past, present and future. We are a proud member of ACON’s Welcome Here Project.
We embrace and value diversity, and are committed to celebrating diverse communities.
2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre
Find your way home to JUSTICE
                               HotHouse Theatre presents a Griffin Theatre Company production

                               PRIMA FACIE                                                                      AUG
                                                                                                                11-14
                               By Suzie Miller
                               “This is not life. This is law.”                  kind of stage, this taut, rapid-fire and
                                                                                 gripping one-woman show by Suzie Miller

                               A
                                         fter a sold-out season in 2019,         (Sunset Strip) exposes the shortcomings of a
                                         Suzie Miller’s Griffin Award-           patriarchal justice system where it’s her word
                                         winning tour de force is coming         against his. Maybe we need a new system.
                                         to HotHouse Theatre in 2021.
                                                                                 Duration 100 minutes, no interval
                               Prima Facie is an indictment of the               Content advice Adult themes and sexual
                               Australian legal system’s failure to provide      violence
                               reliable pathways to justice for women in         Suitability 16 years +
                               rape, sexual assault or harassment cases.
                               It’s a work of fiction, but one that could        Director Lee Lewis
                               have been ripped from the headlines of any        Designer Renée Mulder
                               paper, any day of the week, so common             Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest
                               you could cry. Sheridan Harbridge stars as        Composer & Sound Designer
                               Tessa—a criminal lawyer at the top of her         Paul Charlier
                               game who knows the law permits no room            Stage Manager Khym Scott
                               for emotion.                                      With Sheridan Harbridge

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRETT BOARDMAN
                               To win, you just need to believe in the           HHHHH “Urgent and compelling.”
                               rules. And Tessa loves to win, even when          —Time Out
                               defending clients accused of sexual               HHHHH “An astonishingly rich and
                               assault. Her court-ordained duty trumps           refined work.”—Theatre Now
                               her feminism. But when she finds herself          HHHH½ “The power of Miller’s script
                               on the other side of the bar, Tessa is            finds its match in both performer and
                               forced into the shadows of doubt she’s so         production.”—Limelight
                               ruthlessly cast over other women.                 HHHHH “Sheridan Harbridge is superb
                               Turning Sydney’s courts of law into a different   as Tessa.”—Sydney Morning Herald
2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre
Find your way home to your YOUTH
                                                                                                     W
                                                                                                                     hy do you have to go to       Director Daniel Evans
                                                                                                                     work? How come adults         Key Creatives Amy Ingram
      HotHouse Theatre presents a Critical Stages Touring production                                                 drink to have fun? What       and Nathan Sibthorpe
                                                                                                                     was life like before the      Designer Jonathan Hindmarsh

      I’VE BEEN MEANING                                                                              Internet? This is a night full of questions
                                                                                                     asked by young people and answered by
                                                                                                     adults. Audiences young and old will love
                                                                                                                                                   Lighting Design Jason Glenwright
                                                                                                                                                   Original Composer / Sound Design
                                                                                                                                                   Dane Alexander

      TO ASK YOU
                                                                                                     seeing age collide with experience, in a      Video Design Craig Wilkinson (Optikal Bloc)
                     OCT                                                                             revealing one-hour tell-all, where adults
                                                                                                     take a backseat, as a powerful panel of
                                                                                                                                                   Choreography Nerida Matthaei
                                                                                                                                                   Original Costume Design Madeline Taylor
                     6-9
      Created by The Good Room                                                                       9 to 13 year-olds from our region, finally
                                                                                                     get the answers they’ve been seeking.
                                                                                                                                                   Original Young People Producer
                                                                                                                                                   Annette Box
      They asked. You answered.
      The next generation is dropping some truths... and the mic.                                    Duration 60 minutes, no interval
                                                                                                     Content advice Adult themes, smoke,
                                                                                                     haze/fog, strobe lighting
                                                                                                     Suitability 9 years +

                                                                       PHOTOGRAPH BY STEPHEN HENRY

DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE SHOW?
HotHouse Theatre and The Good Room want to hear from local young
artists (9 – 13 years) who have big questions they want answered by
adults. Workshop auditions will be held on Saturday 14 August.
Register your interest: info@hothousetheatre.com.au
2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre
Find your way home to TRUTH
A HotHouse Theatre co-production with Malthouse Theatre

CHASE                                                              NOV
                                                                   9-13
Written and performed
by Carly Sheppard
Meet Chase. She’s living her best life.

H
          ailing from the streets of
          Frankston, CHASE is on a
          spiritual journey to reclaim her
          cultural heritage. Compelling,
repelling, and disarmingly funny, join her
as she sifts through the weeds of modern
culture with a handy cam and her 33          Duration 70 minutes, no interval
YouTube subscribers for company.             Content advice Coarse language,
                                             simulated drug use
If only CHASE understood half of what        Suitability 16 years +
she helps others discover.
                                             Written & Performed by Carly Sheppard
Carly Sheppard has been developing           Direction & Dramaturgy by Kamarra Bell-Wykes
and performing the Green Room Award-         Set & Sound Design by smallsound
winning character of CHASE for nearly
a decade. A macro metaphor of our
colonial shame, she is equally offensive
to theatregoers from every walk of life.
But therein lies her power to spark
                                                                                            PHOTOGRAPH BY GREG LORENZUTTI

conversations about race and class.
Though the character has evolved from
a skit to a one-woman show, CHASE’s
role as a mirror back to Australia remains
appropriate – due in large part to
CHASE’s constant inappropriateness.

Meet CHASE. And you just might see
yourself.
2021 SEASON PART 2: JUL - DEC - HotHouse Theatre
SUBSCRIPTIONS
                                                                              1. Choose your subscription
                                                                               Subscriptions                                                      How many
                                                                                                                                                  subscriptions
                                                                                                                                                                     Cost          Total

                                                                               Full Subscription (all 3 plays)                                                       @ $111

                                                                               Mini Subscription 1 (2 plays including Prima Facie)                                   @ $80

                                                                               Mini Subscription 2 (2 plays excluding Prima Facie)                                   @ $76

3 WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE                                                            Add on: Breaking the Castle
                                                                               Grand Total
                                                                                                                                                                     @ $35

  Book online through HotHouse Theatre website | www.hothousetheatre.com.au
  Fill in the booking form, scan and email it | info@hothousetheatre.com.au   2. Choose your dates Subject to availability dates can be swapped up to 48hrs before the performance
  Drop in your booking form to the HotHouse office | Open 10am - 3pm daily     Prima Facie       Wed 11 Aug       Thu 12 Aug       Fri 13 Aug      Fri 13 Aug*     Sat 14 Aug**     Sat 14 Aug
                                                                                                 8.00 PM          8:00 PM          11.00 AM        8.00 PM         3.00 PM          8.00 PM

                                                                               I’ve Been         Wed 6 Oct        Thu 7 Oct        Thu 7 Oct       Fri 8 Oct*      Sat 9 Oct**      Sat 9 Oct
                                                                               Meaning to        7.00 PM          1.00 PM          7.00 PM         7.00 PM         1.00 PM          7.00 PM

SUBSCRIPTION PRICING                                                           Ask You
                                                                               Chase             Tue 9 Nov        Wed 10 Nov       Thu 11 Nov      Fri 12 Nov*     Sat 13 Nov**     Sat 13 Nov
                                                                                                 8.00 PM          6.30 PM          8.00 PM         8.00 PM         3.00 PM          8.00 PM
Full Subscription (all 3 plays) - $111                                         Add on
Mini Subscription 1 (2 plays including Prima Facie) - $80                      Breaking the      Tue 6 July       Wed 7 July       Thu 8 July      Fri 9 July*     Sat 10 July**    Sat 10 July
                                                                               Castle
Mini Subscription 2 (2 plays excluding Prima Facie) - $76                                        8.00 PM          6.30 PM          8.00 PM         8.00 PM         3.00 PM          8.00 PM
                                                                              * Includes Meet the Artist post-show Q&A   ** Audio described performance

Add on: Subscribers can also purchase tickets for Breaking the Castle         3. Contact details
(Season 2021: Part1) at a discounted subscribers’ price
                                                                               Subscriber 1 First Name                                                    Last Name
                                                                               Address                                                                    City / Town
                                                                               Postcode                         Telephone (home)                          Mobile
SINGLE TICKETS PRICING                                                         Email

                                                                               Subscriber 2 First Name                                                    Last Name
Prima Facie                I’ve Been Meaning                  Chase
                                                                               Address                                                                    City / Town
Adult $59                  to Ask You                         Adult $50
                                                                               Postcode                         Telephone (home)                          Mobile
Conc $50                   Adult $39                          Conc $42
                                                                               Email
Group 6+ $49               Child $24                          Group 6+ $40
                           Family (2+2) $120                                      Visa        Mastercard        Debit                Name on Card
                           Group 6+ $30                                        Credit Card Number                                                  Expiry Date                      CCV#
HotHouse Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support of our government funders
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                                   HotHouse Theatre SEASON 2021 Partners
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                                SEASON 2021: PART TWO Production Partners
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    PRIMA FACIE                     I’VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU                                      CHASE

                                        SEASON 2021 Hospitality Partners
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         HotHouse Theatre would also like to acknowledge our 2021 Program Partners
        Industry Co:Lab - NSW Government through the Stronger Country Communities Fund and Hume Bank.
GreenHouse: National Artist Residency - NSW Government through Create NSW as part of Arts Restart, AlburyCity, & Murray Arts.
    Celsius: Independent Theatre - Federal Government through the Restart Investment To Sustain and Expand Fund.
                                                                                                                                ABN 93 005 499 758

                                                                   Gateway Island, Wodonga, Victoria 3690
                                                                   PO BOX 479, Wodonga, Victoria 3689
                                                                   02 6021 7433
        hothousetheatre.com.au                                     info@hothousetheatre.com.au
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