Cockroach
Theatre and Physical Theatre
• Comedy
SA Premiere
An amoral revenge tale for the #MeToo generation, 'Cockroach' is a blackly
comic prose-poem/grunge-cabaret about female anger.
When C wakes from a nightmare she finds herself transformed into a monstrous vermin. For too long she's yearned to behave badly. Tonight's her night of reckoning!
Disrupting Kafka and Ovid's Metamorphoses 'Cockroach' explores the silencing following abuse and the transformations that occur from it. Featuring a live score on drums, keys and Fender Strat it's an anthem for our times: furious, funny and hopeful.
"A unique, thought-provoking fantasy script juxtaposed with startling facts and reality" Weekend Notes.
"Powerful, creative and unapologetic" Broadway World.
"A very timely and funny commentary" The Buzz from Sydney.
"Furiously smart" Sometimes Melbourne.
When C wakes from a nightmare she finds herself transformed into a monstrous vermin. For too long she's yearned to behave badly. Tonight's her night of reckoning!
Disrupting Kafka and Ovid's Metamorphoses 'Cockroach' explores the silencing following abuse and the transformations that occur from it. Featuring a live score on drums, keys and Fender Strat it's an anthem for our times: furious, funny and hopeful.
"A unique, thought-provoking fantasy script juxtaposed with startling facts and reality" Weekend Notes.
"Powerful, creative and unapologetic" Broadway World.
"A very timely and funny commentary" The Buzz from Sydney.
"Furiously smart" Sometimes Melbourne.
Presented by: Melita Rowston and Leah Donovan
Writer/Director: Melita Rowston
Performer: Leah Donovan
Live music: Benito Di Fonzo
Strong Occasional Coarse Language, Mild Occasional Depicts Violence, Strong Frequent Sexual References
Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts
This is a cautionary tale that needs to be seen. - Bob Becker, HI-FI WAY: The Pop Chronicles
Fonzo and Donovan never miss a beat. - Chloe Cannell, Weekend Notes
Disfigured, alien-like and contorted, Donovan is thrilling as she retells tales of sexual assault with happy endings for a post #Metoo age. - Laura Desmond, fest