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Change starts in your own backyard.

​What do you do when you can’t look away?
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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?
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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.

"...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 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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Further script development and workshopping is proudly supported by the Darebin Arts Speakeasy Development program 2022, and Creative Victoria's Sustaining Creative Workers Grant 2022.
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The 2023 premiere season is proudly supported by Darebin Arts Speakeasy and the Australia Council for the Arts.
Thank you to Auspicious Arts Projects for their ongoing support.
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • BIO
    • MEDIA
  • PROJECTS
    • NEVER ALWAYS EVER WAS
    • ROARING
    • THE FENCE
    • DON'T SAY BUBBA
    • NOTHING
    • HEARTH
    • MY COUNTRY FOR A PEACH
    • SHADOWS OF ANGELS
    • RAIN FOR MORGAN
    • OTHER WORK >
      • PRODUCER - PROJECT: HYSTERIA
      • Podcast - Little Pearlers
      • Advert - OnStone
  • EDUCATION
    • HEARTH - EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
  • CONTACT