parramatta girls
Riverside Theatre Productions Parramatta · May 2014
Award-winning Playwright Alana Valentine has woven together the true stories of women who were once Parramatta Girls into a masterful tribute to their courage, humour, strength and optimism. Under the direction of Tanya Goldberg, eight extraordinary actresses brought this powerful work to audiences in Parramatta as part of the anniversary that marked 40 years since the closure of the institution.
“Production designer, Tobhiyah Stone Feller, has created an environment of half-torn
buildings, like a bomb site, full of shadows, ghosts and debris, much like the
women who have returned to the site of their childhood torment.”
— SOYP
“Tobhiyah Stone Feller‘s set is extremely effective, minimalist ‘Institution’- grey concrete rubble with smashed windows, heavy doors with rusty locks, cold, dangerous wire and the atmosphere of Jane Eyre’s Lowood. The staging is also rather minimalistic, with a few tables/chairs/buckets as required which allows for the fluid ,cinematic scene and time shifts.”
— Lynne Lancaster, Sydney Arts Guide
Credits & Acknowledgements
Set & Costume Design Tobhiyah Stone Feller
Director Tanya Goldberg
Playwright Alana Valentine
Lighting Design Verity Hampson
Costume Construction Marcia Lidden
Costume & Prop Art Finishing Catherine Capolupo
Set Construction Thomas Creative
Cast Annie Byron, Sharni Mcdermott, Anni Finsterer, Sandy Gore, Holly Austin, Vanesa Downing, Tessa Rose, Christine Anu
Photographer Heidrun Lohr