Zeb: A Gender Odyssey

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Event Zeb: A Gender Odyssey
Venue Theatre Royal, Backspace (1984-2018), Hobart, TAS
First Date 13 July 2018
Last Date 21 July 2018
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description If you’re not sure if you’re a man, or a woman, how do you survive when the world expects you to tick just one box?

Based on truth, A Gender Odyssey is a surprisingly emotional cabaret. Performing with glamour and style, Hera Fox sits elegantly on the tipping point of perceived masculinity and femininity.

After years serving in smelly old footwear, Hera, ‘retail assistant extraordinaire’, is promoted to homewares and is now a pillow and quilt expert. As well as selling soft furnishings, Hera collects crayons, auditions compulsively, loves clubbing and bright colours, and just wants to find where they belong… or escape into their favourite musical numbers for solace and reprieve.

Using comedy and storytelling, and accompanied by the incredible Amanda Hodder on the piano, A Gender Odyssey is a heartfelt exploration of what it takes to thrive in a world defined by the expectations of others.

Project Partners & Acknowledgements
In 2016 Hera Fox pitched their idea for their first solo show Lipstick at the Performing Lines Tasmania (formerly Tasmania Performs) Annual Artist Residency. After the residency Lipstick was selected for the 2017 RAWspace program as part of Ten Days on the Island Festival and attended PACT Youth Theatre Queer Development program in Sydney. Hera worked with a local collaborative team in Melbourne to present the work at the Butterfly Club in September 2017 as part of Melbourne Fringe as Maybe This Time. During 2017 Performing Lines Tasmania supported Hera to work with Dramaturg Peter Matheson, Director Philip Channells and Designer Jill Munro as part of an intensive creative development and writing process for the 2018 season.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Gender
Gender fluid
Gender roles
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jill Munro Designer
Philip Channells Director
Peter Matheson Dramaturg/e
Andrew MacDonald Lighting Designer
Amanda Hodder Musical Director
Zeb Direen Performer
Zeb Direen Playwright
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://performinglines.org.au/projects/a-gender-odyssey/
Event Identifier 213999
Dataset AusStage