A heavily pregnant ex-ballerina, a child detective, a bitter puppeteer and a feminist pop princess hurtle towards Mars. The world is watching. Isn’t it?
On the eve of a revolution, Nicki and Caroline attempt to gain control over their lives as their A.I. superior, Alex, dances the night away.
And on New Earth, Esta and Isabelle forge hope through a new kind of relationship.
First presented by Red Stitch in 2019, Control is a startling and provocative new work by Keziah Warner that explores humanity’s desire to dictate how we’re perceived by others. Told across several decades, and in locations from Melbourne to Mars, Control delves deep into our relationship with technology: its moral ambiguities, its dependencies, and its potential.
KEZIAH WARNER is a playwright and dramaturg based in Melbourne. She won Sydney Theatre Company’s Patrick White Playwrights Award, has been shortlisted for the Griffin Award, the Martin Lysicrates Prize, the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and the Max Afford Award, and longlisted for Soho Theatre’s Young Writers’ Award. Her credits include: Poona (Next Wave, 2021), Control (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre, 2019), Help Yourself (MTC’s Cybec Electric, 2019), Luna (VCA, 2019), and Her Father’s Daughter (Hotel Now, 2018). Keziah is an alumna of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Women in Theatre Program, Malthouse Theatre’s Besen Family Artist Program, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre’s INK Program, Playwriting Australia’s Post-Production Program, and Soho Theatre’s Writer’s Lab, UK. Hour of the Wolf, a new immersive show created with Matthew Lutton, premiered at Malthouse Theatre in 2023.
| Cast Info | 6F, 4M, (doubling available) |
| Genres | Drama |
| Themes | - |
| Audiences | - |
| Extent | 88 |
| Edition | CTS |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
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