ZKM productions and theatre works present
by zadie kennedy mccracken
SMOTHER
1 - 5 OCTOBER | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
SMOTHER
VENUE
by zadie kennedy mccracken
A new Australian play about what it means to be a man.
Could you do me a favour? Could you say I'm an interesting man?
Cynical, burnt-out and sick with heartbreak, twentysomething Dylan is going through it. Stuck living with their overbearing mum, Christine, and failing their Honours year, they are sure they will never become the man they want to be. Then, they meet Rebecca: a beguiling, beautiful, life-changing lover –who just so happens to be Christine's best friend.
From acclaimed emerging playwright Zadie Kennedy Mccracken, SMOTHER is a brutally honest depiction of family, intimacy, and masculinity. Exploring the harrowing consequences of controversial love and the surreal experiences of transitioning, this brilliant new Australian work comes from a team of Naarm's best emerging theatre-makers.
Explosives Factory
Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
60 Minutes
WARNINGS
TBC
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
DATES + TIMES
Tue 1 Oct - 6:30PM
Wed 2 Oct - 6:30PM
Thu 3 Oct - 6:30PM
Fri 4 Oct - 6:30PM
Sat 5 Oct - 5:00PM
Sat 5 Oct - 9:30PM
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
$30.00
CONCESSION*
$25.00
PREVIEW
N/A
20 at $20**
N/A
MOB TIX
$20.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
Theatre Works has been long established as the south-side festival hub in Melbourne.
This October, Theatre Works and Explosives Factory become the Southside home of MELBOURNE FRINGE! Our Melbourne Fringe Hub is packed full of circus, drag, drama and comedy - with back-to-back-to-back every night across three weeks!
CREDITS
WRITTEN BY
Zadie Kennedy McCracken
DIRECTED BY
Ruby Rees
SET DESIGNER & ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Ella Campbell
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Oliver Ross
STAGE MANAGER
Emelyn Armstrong
CAST
Zadie Kennedy Mccracken
Jo Jabalde
Cian Morgan
MEET THE ARTIST -
Zadie Kennedy Mccracken
Zadie Kennedy Mccracken (she/they) is a Naarm-based writer, producer, director, and theatre-maker. As a creative, they are interested in exploring patriarchal injustice, queer intimacy, aesthetics of excess, and the politics of desire. Zadie has worked with Melbourne Theatre Company, Pony Cam, La Mama, Darebin Arts, Melbourne Fringe, fortyfivedownstairs, Arts Centre Melbourne, Wit Incorporated, Theatre Works, and Union House Theatre. Most recently, they production managed flit for Melbourne Fringe and directed their second play, Everyone Wants to be Emma, for La Mama, both to great acclaim. Most of Zadie’s work is about love and what to do with it.
