Change starts in your own backyard.
What do you do when you can’t look away?
In the quiet streets of an ordinary suburb, the fence between two neighbouring houses comes down. Where once there was a clear separation between you and the couple next door, now there’s only a dirt line and human decency keeping prying eyes out of each other’s backyards.
Except you’ve noticed they have a new baby and that she keeps locking herself out. And then there are the sounds late at night that have become impossible not to hear. Should you say something, do something? But is it what you think it is? And is it really your place to get involved?
Shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, The Fence is a scintillating solo work about privacy, bravery, and testimony by acclaimed playwright Fleur Murphy (Nothing, Hearth). Performed by Louisa Mignone (Anna K, Wentworth, The Twelve), this gripping new play will lead you through the streets we know, shining a light on the violence found in our own backyards.
The work premiered in 2023 as part of Darebin Arts Speakeasy program from the 9th to 20th of August, at the Northcote Town Hall.
In the quiet streets of an ordinary suburb, the fence between two neighbouring houses comes down. Where once there was a clear separation between you and the couple next door, now there’s only a dirt line and human decency keeping prying eyes out of each other’s backyards.
Except you’ve noticed they have a new baby and that she keeps locking herself out. And then there are the sounds late at night that have become impossible not to hear. Should you say something, do something? But is it what you think it is? And is it really your place to get involved?
Shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, The Fence is a scintillating solo work about privacy, bravery, and testimony by acclaimed playwright Fleur Murphy (Nothing, Hearth). Performed by Louisa Mignone (Anna K, Wentworth, The Twelve), this gripping new play will lead you through the streets we know, shining a light on the violence found in our own backyards.
The work premiered in 2023 as part of Darebin Arts Speakeasy program from the 9th to 20th of August, at the Northcote Town Hall.
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2024 TOUR
The Round, Nunawadding August 17 at 2pm & 8pm Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin August 23 at 7.30pm Riverlinks Westside Mooroopna August 31 at 7.30pm Clocktower Theatre, Moonee Ponds September 4 at 7.30pm Please visit individual venue websites for bookings. |
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"...a down-to-earth piece that deserves the widest possible audience... a remarkable and vivid portrait"
- Chris Boyd Arts Review "a remarkably confident work" - Theatre First "a compelling production... [Louisa] Mignone is phenomenal" - My Melbourne Arts "Murphy unflinchingly examines the treads of violence in our society with delicacy, insight and humour" - Stage Whispers |
Written by: Fleur Murphy
Directed by: Alice Darling Performed by: Louisa Mignone Understudy: Veronica Thomas Set & Costume Design: Karine Larché Sound Design: Sidney Millar Lighting Design: Clare Springett Assistant Director: Fiona Scott-Norman Production Manager/Stage Manager: Naavikaran Production Intern: Molly England Family Violence & Abuse Consultant: Sheridon Byrne Producer: Fiona Stafford Creative Producer: Tom Royce-Hampton Hero image by: Gregory Lorenzutti Production stills by: Cameron Grant |
Listed TOP 10 SHOWS of 2023 by My Melbourne Arts
THE FENCE was shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and
longlisted for the 2023 Australian Writers' Guild Monte Miller Award
THE FENCE was shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award and
longlisted for the 2023 Australian Writers' Guild Monte Miller Award
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The initial research and script development of The Fence has been proudly supported by Merri-bek City Council through the 2020 Flourish: Arts Recovery Grant program.
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