'Twelve years in the making and semi-autobiographical, The Girl and its companion piece The Woman follows two generations of Australian Arab-Muslim women. Polite feminists. Friends. Liars.
'The Girl trips over her sexuality and lands on her mother’s traditions. Her body is changing and it’s time to choose. When the person closest to her is also the most resistant, both are forced to lay it all on the table.
'Tender, intimate and dangerously funny until it’s not, The Girl / The Woman collides desire and tradition, impulse and faith, past and present to question what it means to be a good Woman. And whether to inherit history or break free from it.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Companion texts, The Girl and The Woman are presented as a double bill.
First produced by Apocalypse Theatre Company at the National Theatre of Parramatta, 28 June to 7 July 2018.
Director: Dino Dimitriadis.
Set and Costume Designer: Jonathan Hindmarsh.
Co-Sound Designers: Ben Pierpoint and Mary Rapp.
Lighting Designer: Benjamin Ross Brockman.
Production Manager: Kirby Brierty.
Production Coordinator: Felix Johnson.
Performers: Aanisa Vylet and Nisrine Amine.
