the gaslight project

A rigorous and timely exploration of the impact of emotional abuse on women throughout history.

production details

Season dates: 27 Nov-7 Dec, 2019 - PACT - NINEFOLD SPRING RESIDENCY
Director: Shy Magsalin
Devising Team: Erica J Brennan, Emily Elise, Paul Musumeci, Zara Paternoster, Gideon Payten-Griffiths and Shane Russon
Collaborating Writer: Ava Karuso
Cast: Erica J Brennan, Emily Elise, Paul Musumeci, Tasha O’Brien, Zara Paternoster, Nicole Pingon, Shane Russon and Luke Yager
Lighting Design: Liam O’Keefe
Production Design: Gideon Payten-Griffiths
Sound Composition: Melanie Herbert
Producers: Shy Magsalin & Zac Bush
Presented by: PACT and Ninefold

synopsis

A true-crime podcast from 2019 tells the story of Grace, a woman who disappeared, presumably murdered, in the 1970s. As this is told to us, we see Alice, a liberal young woman in the 1970s who lives in a share house. Alice is fascinated by the news stories of the disappearance of Grace, and transposes this fascination onto her new neighbours, Mr and Mrs Manningham, who are the fictional characters from Patrick Hamilton’s play Gaslight. The play will be a postmodern pastiche of text, movement, sound and light and will explore the impact of emotional abuse on woman throughout our history.

Production photos: Liam O’Keefe