Change starts in your own backyard.
"...a down-to-earth piece that deserves the widest possible audience
... a remarkable and vivid portrait"
- Chris Boyd Arts Review
"a remarkably confident work"
- Theatre First
"a compelling production... [Louisa] Mignone is phenomenal"
- My Melbourne Arts
... a remarkable and vivid portrait"
- Chris Boyd Arts Review
"a remarkably confident work"
- Theatre First
"a compelling production... [Louisa] Mignone is phenomenal"
- My Melbourne Arts
What do you do when you can’t look away?
In the quiet streets of an ordinary suburb, the fence between two neighbouring houses comes down. Where once there was a clear separation between you and the couple next door, now there’s only a dirt line and human decency keeping prying eyes out of each other’s backyards.
Except you’ve noticed they have a new baby and that she keeps locking herself out. And then there are the sounds late at night that have become impossible not to hear. Should you say something, do something? But is it what you think it is? And is it really your place to get involved?
Shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, The Fence is a scintillating solo work about privacy, bravery, and testimony by acclaimed playwright Fleur Murphy (Nothing, Hearth). Performed by Louisa Mignone (Death of a Salesman, Wentworth, The Twelve), this gripping new play will lead you through the streets we know, shining a light on the violence found in our own backyards.
Listed TOP 10 SHOWS of 2023 by My Melbourne Arts
THE FENCE was shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and
longlisted for the 2023 Australian Writers' Guild Monte Miller Award
Images by Cameron Grant
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CREATIVE TEAM
Written by: Fleur Murphy Directed by: Alice Darling Performed by: Louisa Mignone Understudy: Veronica Thomas Set & Costume Design: Karine Larché Sound Design: Sidney Millar Lighting Design: Clare Springett Assistant Director: Fiona Scott-Norman Production Manager/Stage Manager: Naavikaran Production Intern: Molly England Family Violence & Abuse Consultant: Sheridon Byrne Producer: Fiona Stafford Creative Producer: Tom Royce-Hampton Image by: Gregory Lorenzutti |
PERFORMANCE HISTORY:
WORLD PREMIERE 9 - 20 August, 2023 Nothcote Town Hall 2024 TOUR The Round, Nunawadding August 17 at 2pm & 8pm Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin August 23 at 7.30pm Riverlinks Westside Mooroopna August 31 at 7.30pm Clocktower Theatre, Moonee Ponds September 4 at 7.30pm |
"Fleur Murphy is one of Australia’s leading new playwrights. The collaborators on THE FENCE give it a depth that make us very excited about presenting the work – the production champions a female-led team of both emerging and established creatives. At a time when domestic violence should be at the forefront of a national conversation, it is vital we examine and platform these stories." - Beau McCafferty - Head of Programming / City of Darebin
