Story of O single work   drama  
Adaptation of Story of O Pauline Reage , 1954 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Story of O
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The Rabble take on Pauline Reage’s famous erotic novel Story of O, reinventing it as a surreal and erotic visual fantasia. We follow a woman known only as O as she submits to her lover’s demands – sex with men, sex with women, sex in public, sex with strangers, sex with machines – a festival of perversity, a denouncement of self.

The Rabble take you deeper – exploring the recesses of O’s mind, the depths of female sexuality, deviancy, arousal and submission. A luscious, visceral odyssey through O’s looking glass. Story of O is THE RABBLE in their element : feminine, provocative, subversive and beautiful.'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.

Production Details

  • Presented at The Lawler, 27 June - 7 July 2013, as part of Melbourne Theatre Company's Neon: Festival Of Independent Theatre.

    Creators: Kate Davis & Emma Valente
    Director: Emma Valente
    Set & Costume Design: Kate Davis
    Lighting & Sound Design: Emma Valente

    Featuring: Gary Abrahams, Pier Carthew, Emily Milledge, Dana Miltins, Jane Montgomery Griffiths and Mary Helen Sassman

    Production Manager: Gwen Holmberg – Gilchrist
    Stage Manager/Sound Operator: Jenn Taylor

    Photography: Guy Little

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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Staging Queer Feminisms : Sexuality and Gender in Australian Performance, 2005-2015 Sarah French , Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan , 2017 14711798 2017 single work criticism

'This book examines sexuality, gender and race in Australia’s vibrant independent theatre and performance culture. It analyses selected feminist and queer performances that interrogate the cultural construction of sexuality and gender, challenge the normative trends of mainstream Australian society and culture and open up spaces for alternative representations of gender identity and sexual expression. Offering the first full-length study on sexuality and gender in Australian theatre since 2005, this book reveals a resurgence of feminist themes in independent performance and explores the intersection of feminist and queer politics. Ranging across drag, burlesque, cabaret, theatre and performance art, the book provides an accessible and engaging account of some of the most innovative, entertaining and politically subversive Australian theatrical works from the past decade.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

y separately published work icon Staging Queer Feminisms : Sexuality and Gender in Australian Performance, 2005-2015 Sarah French , Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan , 2017 14711798 2017 single work criticism

'This book examines sexuality, gender and race in Australia’s vibrant independent theatre and performance culture. It analyses selected feminist and queer performances that interrogate the cultural construction of sexuality and gender, challenge the normative trends of mainstream Australian society and culture and open up spaces for alternative representations of gender identity and sexual expression. Offering the first full-length study on sexuality and gender in Australian theatre since 2005, this book reveals a resurgence of feminist themes in independent performance and explores the intersection of feminist and queer politics. Ranging across drag, burlesque, cabaret, theatre and performance art, the book provides an accessible and engaging account of some of the most innovative, entertaining and politically subversive Australian theatrical works from the past decade.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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