“Sisters Grimm tread the line between the frivolous and the furiously political better than anybody making theatre in Australia right now.” The Daily Review (on Summertime in the Garden of Eden)
A Sisters Grimm production, commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company LILITH: THE JUNGLE GIRL
10 minutes Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse 16yrs+
A wild, satirical mash-up of ‘civilised savage’ narratives from acclaimed DIY drag-theatre group.
Holland, 1861. Dr. Charles Penworth, a hard-bitten man of Science and Reason, is presented with a wild girl found in the jungles of Borneo. Penworth sets out to socialise the girl, and Lilith becomes a major case study in Nature Vs Nurture. But as she is taught to live amongst the high-society of Amsterdam, Lilith begins to wonder who, indeed, is the real savage?
Subversive theatre-makers Sisters Grimm present an anarchic, satirical interrogation of colonial history and the politics of assimilation – The Elephant Man meets She’s All That via Tumblr.com.
Image: Ash Flanders in Sisters Grimm's LILITH THE JUNGLE GIRL courtesy of Melbourne Theatre Company
Meet the artist
SISTERS GRIMM
Renowned as one of Australia’s most exciting independent theatre companies, Sisters Grimm have developed a cult following for their fiercely smart, anarchic comedies that prize liveness and accessibility. Initially creating work in found spaces – car parks, lounge rooms and backyard sheds – they have gone on to make shows in collaboration with many of Australia's leading theatre companies, including Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir and Sydney Theatre Company.
They have won three Green Room Awards, two Sydney Theatre Awards, and in 2015 were nominated for ‘Best Play’ at the national Helpmann Awards for Calpurnia Descending. Productions include TheSovereign Wife, Summertime in the Garden of Eden and, most recently, an adaptation of the opera La Traviata.
Contact:
- Nina Bonacci
- Producer
- SISTERS GRIMM
- ninabonacci@gmail.com
- +61 411 472 148
- http://www.sistersgrimm.com.au