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PRESENTED BY STATE THEATRE COMPANY AS PART OF ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2018

By Patricia Cornelius

In The Club

Season Finished
Odeon Theatre

Dates & Times

Subscriber Briefing

February

    • P
    • P
    • P
    • ON

March

    • QA
    • K
    • AD
    • AD
P
Preview
ON
Opening Night
AD
Audio Described
K
Keith's Matinee Club
QA
Post-show Q&A

Sponsors

Annie, Ruby and Olivia are going out. They want to get laid, get loose, get love — but they are women in a world of men. Not just any men, gods among men, their beloved boys, the boys of the AFL. And the rules of the game out there in the world of the night club and the dance floor are merciless, and the lines of division are clear.

Patricia Cornelius is one of Australia’s most awarded, brilliant and uncompromising playwrights. In this brand new work she weaves fiction together with verbatim material to shine her fierce light on women’s accounts of sexual violence in the dark world of the club behind the club.

Commissioned by the State Theatre Company especially for our Ensemble, In The Club brings rough poetry, fury and heartbreak to the stage in a dangerous and hyper physical production directed by Geordie Brookman.

 

State Theatre Company is unable to offer Audie Described performances for In The Club. We apologise for any inconvenience. Please visit our show pages for other Season 2018 Audio Described performance dates and times.

Warnings

In The Club contains coarse language and adult themes including explicit retelling of sexual violence. Recommended for a mature audience, ages 16+.

Below are some support services for those affected by any of the themes in this production:

1800 Respect | 1800 737 732

No To Violence | 1300 766 491

Lifeline | 131 114

  • Director

    Geordie Brookman

  • Associate Director

    Suzannah Kennett Lister

  • Set and Lighting Design

    Geoff Cobham & Chris Petridis

  • Costume Design

    State Theatre Company Wardrobe

  • With the State Theatre Company Ensemble

    Rachel Burke, Miranda Daughtry, Rashidi Edward, Dale March, Nathan O’Keefe, Anna Steen

Dates & Times

Subscriber Briefing

February

    • P
    • P
    • P
    • ON

March

    • QA
    • K
    • AD
    • AD
P
Preview
ON
Opening Night
AD
Audio Described
K
Keith's Matinee Club
QA
Post-show Q&A

Sponsors

‘[Cornelius] jumps into the centre of some of the most explosive topics more than any writer I know – but isn’t that the role of theatre?’

— The Guardian

'What makes this new work, written for the State Theatre Company by Patricia Cornelius, profoundly uncomfortable is the litany of real-world incidents which spring to mind as you reflect on the performance.'

— The Advertiser

'This play bravely lifts the lid on a difficult subject as the gender-quaking #MeToo movement is summoning its voices of resistance.'

— The Australian

'(Rachel Burke's) raw face is as vulnerable as a young Blanchett.'

— GlamAdelaide

'A technically lavish performance'

— The Adelaide Review

"Cornelius’ writing is at once intimate and grand, plosive and poetic, personal and performative."

— The Conversation

'As well as alarming, disturbing and scary, the play is funny, illuminating, hopeful and – of course – thought-provoking.'

— StageNoise

"...spectacular high art.'

— The Barefoot Review

"...it will be remembered for a long time.'

— Broadway World