“This hour long show really showcases Lou Chapman’s virtuoso talent”
"From New York to Newcastle, from a bus stop to a bathtub, Louise Chapman fights the good fight for women; the scared woman, the invisible woman, the angry woman, the grieving woman. A quick costume change and the flick of a switch sees a veritable gang of women appear onstage, performed solo with delicacy, skill, humour and above all, compassion"
Vanessa Bates
5 - 9 September 2023, 9pm
The Boom-Boom Room,
Emerging Artist Sharehouse,
Erskineville Town Hall
Thank you Sydney Fringe you are amazing!
Immerse yourself in this multiple award winning, theatrical feast of dangerous ideas and misfit characters revealed in a hilarious rant against everything. Lou's edgy, confronting solo show uncovers stories that are twisted, insightful, dark, funny and strange. She delves into the psyche of her characters; tries on their lives like a costume and becomes a conduit for their stories.
Winner Best Newcastle Play 2023 & Best Performance 2022 Newcastle Fringe;
Winner Gold Medal World Monologue Games 2022
Ranked #1 World Endurance Category 2022 / 2023
Featured Acts
Force for Good
By Tricia Alexandro, The Barrow Group Theater, New York
“There is a force in the universe forever on the side of those brave enough to trust it. That force - I call it God - is a current that propels us toward FREEDOM and FEARLESSNESS and JUSTICE and the HEALING of our hearts and our relationships and our world.”
- Glennon Melton
Ten Minutes Past Then
By Fiona Leonard, Blue Goat Theatre, Düsseldorf
Do you have the time?
A story makes sense until it doesn't.
A mother remembers until she chooses to forget.
A meditation on the places we go when remembering is painful, but forgetting is even worse.
The Howling Act 1
By Helen Hopcroft, Mad Bitches Inc:, Maitland, directed by Meg Dunn, Mum’s the Word, Melbourne
Inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem Howl (1954-55), The Howling talks about how social and macro-economic forces shape female lives and generally gives the bars of the cage a good ol’ rattle.
Signs From Above
By Lou Chapman, Lulu Bell Productions, Newcastle, directed by Sinda Nichols, Artifice Girl, Florida
When people are not paying attention to the possibility of change, then their external world, their environmental world, will force it upon them.
Pieces of my Heart
By Jake Diamond, Doin’ Great, New York City
A comedic take on what it means to be a 21st century Woman. Are all men bad? Has progress been made? Is there really any hope? You know - simple questions - all of which are answered in a tour de force performance by Louise Chapman.
A Real Thing
Written and directed by Vanessa Bates, Australia
Three things that make a mess: walnuts, violence, murder. Still, as Lydia knows only too well, if something’s worth doing it’s worth doing properly.
It’s Easier to Say Clitoris When You’re Dead
By Fiona Leonard, Blue Goat Theatre, Düsseldorf
It’s a call to arms encouraging women to seek joy as a fierce act of body loving rebellion.
Gasless in Ohio
By Louise Chapman, directed by Sinda Nichols, Live Ink Theatre United States
A road trip from New York to Indiana, at a time when everything you need really can fit in the backseat of a car, except for the gas.
Special
Written and directed by Ana Louisa Davis, Australia
Special is an edgy, confronting feminist piece that gets you thinking about professional ethics in the yoga space. It poses the question: Is it worth being singled out as ‘special’?
Featured Acts photo credit: Joerg Lehmann Photography
