Slut

Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius’s thought-provoking performance, Slut, is coming back to the theatre for two weeks, digging into the sexualisation of young girls and how they navigate the world of becoming young women.

Slut is a clear-cut performance, all about engaging the audience and throwing them back into their teenage hood. It prompts them to question the way language is used in today’s society, particularly around one’s body and sexualisation, engaging how people feel about the images they’re surrounded with. Director of the play, Erin Taylor said:

“It’s pretty provocative being titled Slut, but it’s a really interesting story on how that word is used to praise someone, and then how it can be used as a weapon.”

Taylor wants to motivate audiences to question the way they think and speak about young women, particularly around how they talk about themselves, sex, sexuality, slut shaming and culture.

“We need to have a big complex conversation about this stuff and this is just the starting point for that” Taylor said.

Patricia has an amazing skill with language and Taylor wanted to bring this to the fore, believing the language and performance is the strongest parts of the play.

“It’s an ensemble piece so it’s about the five actors we have on stage… uniquely the cast can expand and contract because the script doesn’t have a certain number of people, so every performance of this play when it’s restaged is completely different.”

This play reflects society in many ways and acts to question the way individuals have taken societal values and how it can be used against each other.

“It was already staged once last year for the Women in Theatre and Screen festival… it’s been around for a while and we only got to do one performance last year… now it’s coming back around to discuss the sexualisation surrounding young women.”

Jun 13 – Jun 24. The Old Fitz Theatre, 129 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011. Ticket price: $25. Tickets & info: https://www.redlineproductions.com.au/slut

By Jade Morellini.

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