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HAL_9000Review of Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues (Stella Green Productions)
September 3rd 2007 21:36
Matt Morillo hits the g-spot in his play Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High-Class Issues, which deals variously with the threat of “clit-cleavage”, a virgin rudely inducted into how men think about sex, a woman on an emotional rollercoaster after taking the pill, a serial dater looking for the perfect man, an actress having second thoughts about a nude scene…
It is a play that will enrage as equally as it will entertain as it fearlessly examines relationships between men and women and women and their own bodies.
Particularly memorable are performances by Megan Alston (as Rachel), Adam Cleland (as Rachel's boyfriend) and Mitch Firth (as the boyfriend's best mate) in the “Unprotected Sex” scene. Rachel's extreme mood swings are simultaneously hilarious and tragic as she battles the trap of her own biology and emotional insecurities. Cleland and Firth are superb as insensitive and manipulative males who consider the availability of unprotected sex worth the suffering of Rachel’s erratic behaviour.
The cast (predominantly Ensemble-trained actors) also includes Celia Bickmore-Hutt, Sebastian Goldspink, Emma Leonard, Phoebe Leonard and Lizzie Mitchell.
Although the first season of this play has now ended, a second season is promised with the first a sell-out.
Thought-provoking and funny, this is a must-see for the angry young woman in all of us who wants to reclaim her power. The TAP Gallery provides an intimate performance space which works well for this provocative script.
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Angry Young Women with Low-Rise Jeans and High-Class Issues is playing at the TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, from Tuesday 14 August to Sunday 2 September. Tickets are $25/$20. More information is available from the production company's website.
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Written by Matt Morillo.
Cast
My Last G: Phoebe Leonard as Soleil.
Playtime in the Park: Emma Leonard as Sarah, Celia Bickmore-Hutt as Rebecca, Sebastian Goldspink as Ronnie.
Unprotected Sex: Mitch Firth as Joe, Adam Cleland as Brian, Megan Alston as Rachel.
The Miseducation of Elissa: Emma Leonard as Elissa.
The Nude Scene: Phoebe Leonard as Katy, Lizzie Mitchell as Jennifer, Sebastian Goldspink as Spencer, Adam Cleland as Kristoff, Mitch Firth as Barry.
Production team
Produced by Stella Green Productions.
Director -- Byron Kaye.
Producer -- Megan Alston.
Assistant producer -- Phoebe Leonard.
Lighting designer -- Larry Kelly.
Sound designer -- Dylan Hogan-Ross.
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