“Rentell’s work is lightly placed as the performers shine … so much work is evident here. They are a go-getting bunch and Trash Talk is a wildly successful, thumping, sprawling and brawling show which is collectively created to entertain and educate. I had the best time in their company.” — Reviews by Judith
TRASH TALK by The Strangeways Ensemble
A Merrigong Theatre Company production in association with The Disability Trust.
Premiere season: 29 January - 2 February 2020
The Strangeways Ensemble is Merrigong Theatre Company’s permanent company of professional actors and Wollongong’s only professional theatre ensemble.
Trash Talk premiered in 2020, and explored justice in the workplace for people working in Australian Disability Enterprises. Devised with director Anne-Louise Rentell, and drawing on a hyper-real aesthetic inspired by professional wrestling, Trash Talk took a gladiatorial approach to human rights and our universal desire for respect and dignity. An unflinching start to the Merrigong 2020 Season, the work also toured to Riverside Theatres, Parramatta in February.
Cast and Creative Team:
Devisors/Performers: Malcolm Allison, Ethan Arnold, Jordan Bowater, Ethan Green, Rachel Head, Phillip Prentice, Christian Tagliaferro
Director/Devisor: Anne-Louise Rentell
Set & Costume Designer: Katja Handt
Video Media Designer: Sean Bacon
Lighting Designer: Taryn Brown
Sound Designer: Daryl Wallis
Wrestling Choreographer: Ben Coles
Robot Choreography: Tyler Fitzpatrick
Support worker: Marion Maclean
