Are we a nation of misogynists? It all depends on the definition. What is clear is that we have a lot more to say about the personal lives of women who lead than we do about men’s; their clothes, shape, their partners, religion, what they knit. And we always call them by their Christian name. We just don’t like to take them seriously.
Gina is a play about a woman we love to hate! Although we think we have good reasons, if she was a man would we care half as much?
Gina explores how the unprecedented numbers of women in key leadership roles, and how our continual focus on their personality and not their roles has uncovered something in our Australian psyche that impacts the way we view women who lead.
You’ll follow four characters matched in two pairs who live on either side of Australia. They embody the two extremes of Australian identity. And yet, they look very similar and what separates them on stage is only a thin line.
A work in progress will be showing as part of the script development. If you would like to be involved in the uncovering of this idea you can book via Trybooking. Visit our facebook page: ginatheplay
The time is surely right for a look into the way we treat our leading ladies!
Directed by Iris Gaillard
Based on the original idea by Nic Frances Gilley
Script writing / Dramaturgy: Cat Commander
Performed by Jenny Lovell, Nic Frances Gilley
Photography: Nick Kreisler
Photoshop work: David Burrows
Gina 