Live Fringe
Esplanade Annexe Studio
50 mins with no intermission
Asian Premiere
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Esplanade Annexe Studio
50 mins with no intermission
Asian Premiere
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*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders
Written by Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist Madeleine George, The Most Massive Woman Wins is a comic and stinging social commentary that introduces us to four intelligent successful women, anxiously awaiting liposuction surgery as they each try to win the battle to be thin.
Bringing her signature mix of brutal reality with whimsical reflection, Australian director Jenn Havelberg enhances the text with original songs and heightened physicality, set literally in a mud-pit.
Presented in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc
The Most Massive Woman Wins investigates the female quest for perfection in their physical appearances and in their personal and professional lives. Using the unconventional setting of a mud-pit, the work examine contemporary societal pressures placed on women and their appearances.
Four women engage in the pursuit of physical ideals, which they believe are more valuable than their “natural best”, compelling them to repress and destroy themselves and one another in order to conform to their idea of perfection.
Directly linked to Amanda Heng’s themes of gender, beauty, inequality and injustice in Let’s Walk, the play highlights how women have always been perceived and exploited in society.
Click here to find the route to Esplanade.
Written by Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist Madeleine George, The Most Massive Woman Wins is a comic and stinging social commentary that introduces us to four intelligent successful women, anxiously awaiting liposuction surgery as they each try to win the battle to be thin.
Bringing her signature mix of brutal reality with whimsical reflection, Australian director Jenn Havelberg enhances the text with original songs and heightened physicality, set literally in a mud-pit.
Presented in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc
RELATION TO THEME
The Most Massive Woman Wins investigates the female quest for perfection in their physical appearances and in their personal and professional lives. Using the unconventional setting of a mud-pit, the work examine contemporary societal pressures placed on women and their appearances.
Four women engage in the pursuit of physical ideals, which they believe are more valuable than their “natural best”, compelling them to repress and destroy themselves and one another in order to conform to their idea of perfection.
Directly linked to Amanda Heng’s themes of gender, beauty, inequality and injustice in Let’s Walk, the play highlights how women have always been perceived and exploited in society.
*Concessions for students, NSFs, senior citizens and PWD card holders
Asian Premiere
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“An absorbing and fascinating exhibition to watch. Rating: 4 out of 5.” —Laraine Ball, Adelaide Theatre Guide
“All four actors provide raw and evocative performances... Tina Mitchell is admirably brutal as Rennie.” —Adelaide Theatre Review
Getting Here
Click here to find the route to Esplanade.