Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

NIDA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, the Bidjigal, Gadigal, Dharawal and Dharug peoples, and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present.

ENTER

Written by
Alice Birch

Directed by
Heather Fairbairn

09 Jun – 16 Jun 2021

NIDA Theatre, Studio Theatre

90 minutes, no interval

About the show

Although written in 2014, REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. is a play for these times. Alice Birch’s play disrupts accepted modes of storytelling by deconstructing language, character, and form.

Inspired by Alice Birch’s provocation that this play should not be well-behaved, we have applied the concept of disruption to all production elements - much credit to the students for rising to this challenge.

This production exposes the patriarchy as a fabrication - a grossly absurd fabrication at that. The patriarchy is not a given. It is not an immutable way of life. It is a construct, and, therefore, can be deconstructed. However, this play deals with more than gender and gender politics. It’s about Choice. Autonomy. Agency. Identity. Power. Control. And watermelon.