SNAKEFACE

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SNAKEFACE

  • 8-27 Apr 25 Downstairs Theatre
Archived

SNAKEFACE

By Aliyah Knight
Directed by Bernadette Fam

  • Venue Downstairs Theatre
  • Dates 8-27 Apr 25
  • Content warning

    SNAKEFACE contains mature themes, including explicit descriptions of physical and sexual violence, child sexual assault, racism, homophobia, transphobia, body horror, misogyny, eating disorders and suicide.

    This production uses strobe lighting.

    Click here for SNAKEFACE access notes.

  • Produced by
    • Fruit Box Theatre
  • Supported by
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“I’m scrapin’ Andrew’s floor with Gumption, list’nin” to a podcast ‘bout diet culture, when I realise I might technic’lly be a serial killer.”

At age 23 Snakeface is cursed by her ex to live her life as a monster. Reclaiming the violence forced upon her, she rampages through the queer clubs and art studios of Sydney. She has a lifetime of silenced words and stolen power to unleash.

Inspired by the myth of Medusa, SNAKEFACE explores the tight loop of creation and destruction. Rejected and tested, Snakeface claws at her relationship with sex, sculpture, romance, and rage in a body that has never been afforded safety.

Awarded Runner Up in the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2024 New Play Award, SNAKEFACE interrogates the beauty and brutality of moving through white Australia in a queer Black body.

PERFORMING WITH BODY: A POST SHOW PANEL – Sun 20 April

Join us for a free post-show panel following the 5:15pm performance of SNAKEFACE with Community Engagement Lead Kelly Lovemonster (All Day Queer Dance), SNAKEFACE writer and performer Aliyah Knight, director, actor and musician Zindzi Okenyo (Play School, Critical Incident, Zindzi & the Zillionaires, Is God Is) and multidisciplinary artist Nancy Denis (Sami in Paradise, Cleverman, The Great Gatsby, Ma’p Boulé).

This artist panel will dive into the way identity and lived experience are explored and reflected in art made by those whose bodies become the site of their work. Through SNAKEFACE’s lens as a play made for Black people, Queer people and sexual assault survivors, we aim to open up a dialogue about how intersectional bodies are presented on stage.

Special thanks to Flow Studios and Randwick City Council.
Image by Teniola Komolafe.

WHAT IS 25A? 25A is a Belvoir initiative to support the artists of the future. It has been made by independent and emerging artists. They have produced and marketed it themselves. They get 100% of the box office and the theatre for free. Their task is to make a show for less than $2500. Thanks for supporting the artists of the future.

PRICES

  • Full price (adult) $25
  • Previews $20

25A Tickets

Tickets to 25A productions are $25 or $35 and Previews are $20 or $30. 100% of the ticket sales goes to the independent artists that made this show, and they split the profits evenly between each other. Tickets are available online and at the door.

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TEAM

  • Cast

  • Aliyah Knight

  • Creatives

  • Aliyah Knight
     Writer & Performer
  • Bernadette Fam
     Director & Dramaturg
  • Madeleine Gandhi
     Producer
  • Keerthi Subramanyam
     Set & Props Designer
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    Keerthi (she/her) is a set and costume designer, living and working on the lands of the Gadigal and Gamaragal people of the Eora Nation. Keerthi is a National Institute of Dramatic Art, BFA (Design for Performance, 2019) graduate, and a member of the Australian Production design Guild. Keerthi’s work as a set and costume designer […]

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  • Rachel Lee
     Lighting and Video Systems Designer
  • Marco Cher-Gibard
     Sound Designer
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    Marco Cher-Gibard (b. Auckland, 1983), is an artist working with sound exploring contemporary culture, expression and experience. They are a tireless collaborator and contributor to performance work.  Select performance projects include Super Discount & Lady Eats Apple with Back to Back Theatre. K-BOX, Monsters & I am a Miracle for Malthouse Theatre. Laurinda  for Melbourne Theatre Company, Narasima& Mohini with Raina Peterson, Siren Dance & Memoir for the River and the […]

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  • Wanyika Mshila
     Costume Designer
  • Fetu Taku
     Movement Director & Choreographer
  • Wendy Yu
     Projection Designer
  • Rachel Seeto
     Associate Director/Producer
  • Laura Farrell
     Vocal & Dialect Coach
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    Laura Farrell (she/her) is a Voice and Dialect Coach living and working on Gadigal land. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Voice from NIDA, a Postgraduate Diploma in Voice from the Victorian College of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music Theatre from the Victorian College of the Arts. Laura is an Associate […]

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  • Erica Lovell
     Vocal & Dialect Coach
  • Justice Georgopoulos
     Stage Manager
  • Sean Landis
     Marketing Manager
  • Kelly Dezart-Smith
     Community Engagement Lead
  • Shondelle Pratt
     Wellbeing Consultant
  • Teniola Komolafe
     Photographer
  • Mia Schirmer
     Cinematographer
  • Fletcher Scully
     Assistant Stage Manager