When
2008: presented by Theatre in Bars in the Melbourne Fringe Festival
2009: presented by Theatre in Bars in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Creative team
Presentation – Melbourne Fringe Festival
Director Michele Lee
Sound designer James Borthwick
Set designer Michael Parry, set construction by Michele Lee, Alia Vryens
With performers Lewis Allan, Kip Brennan, Will Crawford, Simon Doyle, Niloufa Kamaldeen, Daniel Rice, Cathy Sheargold, Alia Vryens
Sound and light operator Shaila Figs
Presentation – Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Director Daniel Rice
Sound designers James Borthwick and Daniel O’Shea
Costume designer Mia Zelinski
With performers Alastair Brown, James Deeth, Simon Doyle, Alia Vryens
About
Format
Full-length play, stage
Casting
2F, 2-4M
Content
Hoo ha. Muff. Beaver. Frontbum. Pink taco. Pink bits. Pink mulaka…
Yes, it is a comedy. No, it’s not a variation of The Vagina Monologues. The Talking Vagina has no feminist agendas (well, not really) and no monologues (well, not really). But there is one helluva talkative c**t.
Jessica, the best children’s book illustrator in all of Brunswick West, just wants to get the job done. Life starts to unravel when her secret is revealed to her new boyfriend, Edward, and her new client, Mr Wong – Jessica has a talking vagina. A ‘fou fou’ named Frank. And Frank has dreams to rival Jessica’s. After a hairy life repressed in Jessica’s hightop knickers, he’s not about to shut up.
An original play from the minds and groins of Theatre in Bars, an artists’ collective funded by RMIT Union Arts and established in 2006.
2008 – Australian Stage Online review
2009 – The Age review (not so good)