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LOADED: A Double Bill of New Plays

Past Show

14 Jan - 07 Feb

Studio Underground

Two young playwrights oﬀer insights into the lengths some go to for friendship and the chance at a new life.

LOADED: A Double Bill of New Plays

WORLD PREMIERE

Western Australia’s hottest young playwrights, Gita Bezard and Will O’Mahony oﬀer intriguing insights into the lengths some go to for friendship and the chance at a new life. What would you do?

Witness WA’s rising stars, fresh out of WAAPA, as they take The Lab by storm in two award-winning plays out of the Emerging Writers Group.

GIRL SHUT YOUR MOUTH

By Gita Bezard

Katie is going to a place where people are friendly, the drinks are minty and no one tells you how to live your life. Her friends, Mia and Grace, wracked with jealousy, resolve to join Katie on her journey.

The only problem is the price of admission.

TONSILS + TWEEZERS

By Will O’Mahony

Tonsils and Tweezers are best friends, have been since high school. All that changes on the day of their 10 year high school reunion, when Tweezers reveals that he has a sure ﬁre plan to make sure no one talks about “what they’ve been up to…”

Dates

14 Jan - 07 Feb

Venue

Studio Underground

Duration

2 hrs 30 mins (including interval)

Content Warning

Contains adult themes, strong language and use of replica weapons.

Wheelchair accessible venue

Use the calendar below to view the dates of accessibility services available for this production. Further access information and seat guides can be found via the Accessibility Page.

Artists

Shalom Brune-Franklin

Cast, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Brittany Morel

Cast, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Stephanie Panozzo

Cast, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Jessica Paterson

Cast, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Gita Bezard

Writer, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Jeffrey Jay Fowler

Director, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Will O’Mahony

Writer & Director, Tonsils + Tweezers

Adam Sollis

Cast, Tonsils + Tweezers

Lincoln Vickery

Cast, Tonsils + Tweezers

Megan Wilding

Cast, Tonsils + Tweezers

Hoa Xuande

Cast, Tonsils + Tweezers

Lawrie Cullen-Tait

Set & Costume Designer

Mark Howett

Lighting Designer

Joe Paradise Lui

Sound Designer

Chris Donnelly

Assistant Lighting Designer

Georgia Landre-Ord

Stage Manager & Assistant Stage Manager

Claudia Blagaich

Stage Manager & Assistant Stage Manager

Program

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