SEVEN DEADLY GINS
By Yvette Walker
Co-Directed by Shari Sebbens & Ursula Yovich
We walked through the belly of the storm, you clutching your basket to your side, one step in front of another step in front of another step. Through the intestines, step, step, step and out through its bowels.
From Artistic Director, Yvette Walker, Seven Deadly Gins was the New Australian Play Award, first runner-up at the 2021 Australian Theatre Festival in New York. It has its long-awaited world-debut with Brown’s Mart, under the Direction of acclaimed Top End practitioners Shari Sebbens and Ursula Yovich.
A trip back home to the Gulf summons all of Magenta’s demons to congregate in one place where she is forced to confront what has been buried for so long. It’s time for her to move forward. But her past has different ideas... Is she strong enough to handle the truth?
Yvette acknowledges the contributions from Leah Purcell over the many years of development, including some writing in the early stages of development and extends heartfelt thanks to the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from around the country that have been a part of the life and development of the work.
Yvette dedicates this play to First Nations, and all, women and girls. Those in pain, those broken, those healing, those whole, those fighting, those survived, those triumphant, those leading. All who deserve a life without violence.
UPDATED CAST AND CHARACTERS
Magenta and Kathleen - Ursula Yovich
Moselle – Shari Sebbens
Scarlette - Melanie Mununggurr
Tammy - Rachael Chisholm
Josephine - Maurial Spearim
Charmaine - Mema Munro
Bianca - Tahlia Biggs
CREW
Elder on Project – Dr Aunty Bilawara Lee
Production Manager - Letitia Firth
Lighting Designer - Tomm Lydiard
Sound Designer - Matt Cunliffe
Set Designer – Rebecca Adams
Projection Designer - Mojo Collective
Costume and Props Designer - Tiffany Beckwith-Skinner
Stage Combat Director - Balla Neba
Stage Manager - Marnie McDonald
Assistant Stage Manager – Swahnnya De Almeida
Set Build – Token Taylor
Producer - Sean Guy
Seven Deadly Gins has received support from a huge range of people and organisations during it's development with thanks to the Queensland Government and Randazzo Properties.
Brown's Mart receives major support thanks to our annual Core Funders as well as our other partners and sponsors.
$24-$48
6-17 October
Brown’s Mart Theatre
DATES
Preview | Tuesday 6 October
Opening Night | Wednesday 7 October
Thursday 8 October, 7pm
Friday 9 October, 7pm
Saturday 10 October, 7pm
Tuesday 13 October, 7pm
Wednesday 14 October, 7pm
Thursday 15 October, 7pm
Friday 16 October, 7pm
Saturday 17 October, 2pm & 7pm
Matinee show added on the final Saturday = on sale now
PRODUCTION NOTES
DURATION
60 minutes
WARNINGS
There is a lockout for this show and you will not be let in once the performance begins, so please arrive before the show start time.
Adult themes & explicit language
Substance abuse – drugs and alcohol
References to mental health & suicide
References to violence, assault and sexual abuse of women & children
Expect loud, distressing vocalisations or sudden noises, including gunshots
AUSLAN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 6 October
Image credit: Break’n Barrierz
If you are unable to attend another session and would like to head along to this show on an evening that it has sold out; we are excited to trial a new Last Minute Ticket process.
How this works:
Come to Brown’s Mart atleast 30 minutes before the show starts and let Box Office know that you do not have a ticket, but are there to wait and see if any seats become available.
The bar opens around an hour before the show so you’re welcome to hang out and grab a drink while you are waiting.
Between 5-10 minutes before the show is due to start, Box Office will confirm if any tickets are available.
If spaces have opened up due to illness etc, you will be offered a 15% discount on tickets which will need to be purchased before entering into the Theatre. We accept both eftpos and cash.
Tickets will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Please do not arrive as the show is starting expecting to access last minute tickets as this will be too late to process sales and fit you in, you do need to arrive earlier in order to engage with this opportunity.
So if you’d like to take a chance by coming by and waiting to see if any seats become available then please do drop by the home of Territory Performing Arts at least 30 minutes before the show.