The Exact Dimensions of Hell single work   drama  
Date: 2024
Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 The Exact Dimensions of Hell
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'It’s 1998. Deep in the Australian suburbs, we meet a fourteen-year-old girl who wants to be a witch, and an older man who claims he can teach her how.

'Bridget Mackey’s The Exact Dimensions of Hell is an unflinching examination of the desires of young women, and a ritual to eviscerate the forces that seek to control them.

'Starring electrifying performer Matilda Gibbs alongside internationally acclaimed theatre-maker Daniel Schlusser, The Exact Dimensions of Hell demands a new narrative of gender, agency, and power.'

Source: Production blurb.

Notes

  • Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and is supported by the by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.

Production Details

  • Presented by Mackey, Darling and Collaborators at fortyfivedownstairs theatre, Melbourne, 18-28 April 2024.

    Director: Alice Darling.

    Visual Designer: Meg Wilson.

    Composer/Sound Designer: Christopher Gray.

    Dramaturg: Emilie Collyer.

    Producer: Nicole La Bianca.

    Cast: Daniel Schlusser and Matilda Gibbs.

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First known date: 2024
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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : The Exact Dimensions of Hell, Fortyfivedownstairs Kate Mulqueen , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2024;
— Review of The Exact Dimensions of Hell Bridget Mackey , 2024 single work drama

'Predatory and sexual violence against a minor is played out through witchcraft tropes.' 
New Play The Exact Dimensions of Hell Explores the Chaos and Contradiction of Teenage Girlhood – and Witchcraft Sarah Austin , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 April 2024;
— Review of The Exact Dimensions of Hell Bridget Mackey , 2024 single work drama

'The relationship between witchcraft and teenage girls has been the subject of many books, films and television shows.' (Introduction)
New Play The Exact Dimensions of Hell Explores the Chaos and Contradiction of Teenage Girlhood – and Witchcraft Sarah Austin , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 April 2024;
— Review of The Exact Dimensions of Hell Bridget Mackey , 2024 single work drama

'The relationship between witchcraft and teenage girls has been the subject of many books, films and television shows.' (Introduction)
Theatre Review : The Exact Dimensions of Hell, Fortyfivedownstairs Kate Mulqueen , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2024;
— Review of The Exact Dimensions of Hell Bridget Mackey , 2024 single work drama

'Predatory and sexual violence against a minor is played out through witchcraft tropes.' 
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