Her Naked Skin

by Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Pilgrim Theatre, AIM Sydney

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Peta Downes

CAST Bronte Axam, Madeleine Baghurst, Dominic Bock,

Myles Burgin, Rebecca Casey, Joanne Coleman, Ben Cornford,

Ryan Devlin, Blake Feltis, Alexis Hammerton, Patrick Howard,

Iley Jones, Troy Kent, Jordan Keyes-Liley, Victor Kalka,

Emma Khamis, Genevieve Muratore, Olivia O'Flynn,

Lachlan Stafford, Ellie Stewart, Mariya Tkachenko, Sarah Watson, Tabitha Woo, Nathan Wilson.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Emma Khamis, Tabitha Woo

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Madeleine Baghurst, Sarah Watson

DRAMATURGS Patrick Howard, Jordan Keyes-Liley

MARKETING & PUBLICITY Troy Kent, Genevieve Muratore

PRODUCTION MANAGER Rebecca Casey

STAGE MANAGER Bronte Axam

DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER Iley Jones

SET/PROPS DESIGNERS Joanne Coleman, Victor Kalka, Mariya Tkachenko

COSTUME DESIGNERS Alexis Hammerton, Olivia O'Flynn, Ellie Stewart

LIGHTING DESIGNER Dominic Bock

AUDIO VISUAL DESIGNERS Ben Cornford, Ryan Devlin, Lachlan Stafford.

PHOTOGRAPHY Heidrun Löhr

SYNOPSIS

London, 1913. On the 4th of June, the greatly anticipated Epsom Derby took a dark turn when Emily Wilding Davison climbed the fence onto the track and was trampled by the King’s horse, trying to attach a Suffragette sash to its neck. Four days later, she died for her cause.

Disenfranchised by a patriarchal society, the suffragettes became increasingly militant in their tactics. The resulting arrests and incarcerations in Holloway Prison numbered in the thousands. Hunger strikes and the cruelty of force-feeding were common.

Amongst these women were Lady Celia Cain, and factory seamstress Eve Douglas. Brought together by their cause, the ladies’ worlds collide behind the towering prison walls, leading to irrevocable change in both their lives.

HER NAKED SKIN was a 2014 AIM Dramatic Arts production featuring graduating Bachelor of Performance students.

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