Me and My Ladies

I’ve always loved working with women. Let’s be honest, I’ve always preferred having female friends. I always told my Mum I don’t think I would have survived if I had to go to a boy’s school. Women just get me, and I seem to get them. (No wonder I’ve had such a chequered history dating men – until now). So a few years ago I created a show with a whole pile of women. 16 to be exact. Called “Hell Hath No Fury”, it was a big success for my company and I still list it as one of the favourite productions I’ve done.

Now all these years later, I am taking this massive journey again. With 16 amazing Melbourne actresses, we are entering week 2 of “Hell Hath No Fury”. And what a great time it has been again. These are wonderful ladies with some big talent. I already had a number of close friends in the cast, some of my closest friends in the world. Always great to spend that extra time with them. Then there’s the new ladies I met. Many will end up as good friends, you can always tell. Sounds like a love in, and it is, have had a great time with this show.

I was recently criticised by a woman because a man wrote this show. Should that be an issue? Why isn’t a man allowed to create a piece exclusively for ladies. Because I’m a man, does that really mean I can’t write a female character? I wrote for a killer once and didn’t go out and kill someone to find out how my character felt. I’ve never had sex with a woman, does that mean I can’t write straight men? And so forth. I think I get women just fine! This is a fun piece with a messages thrown in for good measure. There’s very few all female shows out there, so I’m going to continue to be proud to create this opportunity.

Independent theatre is getting harder and harder to publicise. With print media getting smaller and Facebook now wanting to charge for you to get your post to all your followers, it’s a bloody tough business. So if you’re in Melbourne, please come see this show. If you have friends, let them know about it. Let’s keep independent theatre alive and support this bloody good show that’s all about the ladies!

Show details and tickets: www.revoltproductions.com