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The Talk

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More than just the birds and the bees.

Think back to when you had ‘The Talk’ (you’ve probably tried to forget it). Maybe your mother told you to “be careful”. Maybe your teacher told you to “abstain”. You felt prepared, right?

Eva is 15 and all she wants is answers. No more condom demonstrations or close-up slides of chlamydia. She needs honesty, and she’s not afraid to get it.

One petition, one riot and one school suspension later, Eva sets out on her own quest to discover just what it is that everyone is hiding.

Written by Gita Bezard (The Advisors, Girl Shut Your Mouth) this hilarious and pointed new show from The Last Great Hunt holds up the fears of the adults against the questions of the teenagers. This is: The Talk

A series of sharply drawn skits

Victoria Laurie, The Australian

This is an important, feminist play.

Fourth Wall Media

Written and directed by award-winning theatre maker Gita Bezard, The Talk is a fast-paced 70 minute comedy, exploring what we say to teenagers about sex, and what we don't.

Theatre Now

Gita Bezard is a highly organised playwright and director, capable of delivering tight and technically complex scenes that rely more on snapshots of text, movement and music, than conventional dialogue.

David Zampatti, The West Australian

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The Artists

Gita Bezard

Lead Artist, Writer, Director

Gita Bezard is a playwright, devisor, director and performer. She’s a founding member of The Last Great Hunt and mother to a tiny artist in the making.

For The Last Great Hunt: As a Writer/Director - PERPETUAL WAKE, THE TALK, THE ADVISORS, YOSHIS CASTLE and ALL THAT GLITTERS. As a co-devisor/performer - WHISTLEBLOWER (Perth Festival, 2021), LÉ NØR (Perth Festival, 2019), STAY WITH US, MINNIE AND MONA PLAY DEAD (Fringe World 2013 Martin Sims Award for Best New WA Work; Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Brisbane International Festival) and ELEPHENTS.

In 2016 her play GIRL SHUT YOUR MOUTH debuted at Black Swan State Theatre Company and was nominated for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award.

Playwriting Comissions - THE PAPER ESCAPER (Terrapin Puppet Theatre), THE PERFECT BOY (Black Swan State Theatre Company, LEMON and IN A BONY EMBRACE (Curtin University), REMARKABLE (WAAPA).

Cassidy Dunn

Performer

Cassidy has been performing from a young age, studying dance and music, and involving herself in youth theatre throughout her schooling. Since leaving school she completed the Diploma of Acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2017, and this year she continues her studies at WAAPA with their Diploma of Screen Acting. Cassidy has worked with a number of theatre companies in Western Australia including Agelink (’Life in Their Hands’, 2016). Scooplight Theatre Company (’And Tell Mum’, 2016, ‘An Audience with Miss Cook’, 2016) and Midnite Youth Theatre Company (’Viva La Restoration’, 2016). Most recently, Cassidy performed in Perth’s Fringe World in Brushstroke Theatre Company’s ‘Not All A Dream’. Working with The Last Great Hunt has always been a goal for Cassidy and she is excited to be working on this project.

Christina Odam

Performer

Christina Odam graduated from West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) studying a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre in 2016. Her first professional debut was in the feature film ‘Three Summers’ written and directed by Ben Elton. Christina’s love of the theatre started at a very young age. Christina graduated from John Curtin College of the Arts in 2010. She was accepted into WAAPA for the Certificate II in Music Theatre in 2011. Christina then went on to complete a Diploma in Music Theatre at Principal Academy of Dance and Theatre Arts in 2013. While at WAAPA Christina performed in various shows from ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’, ‘The Beautiful Game’ and ‘Bring it On’. Since graduating from WAAPA Christina has performed professional in ‘Three Summers’ (feature film) lead role in ‘Summer Of Our Lives’ (Creative Development) and performed across schools in WA for the Super Duper Book Tour (Echelon Productions). Christina is very excited to be a part of ‘The Talk’.

Megan Hunter

Performer

Megan Hunter is an emerging theatre maker and performer and is a recent graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). She has trained under Lauren Langlois and Adam Marks of Chunky Move as well as co-founder of Kidd Pivot, Cindy Salgado. Megan’s past collaborations have included James Berlyn in 2016 for the His Majesty’s Theatre site-specific project ‘Memory Bones’, and Melissa Cantwell for ‘TILT’ at The Blue Room Theatre in 2017. Megan recently debuted her one woman cabaret ‘Mavis (And Other Broken Objects)’ at Downstairs At The Maj as part of this years Fringe World Festival, and participated in sandpaperplane’s community installation, ‘FEEDBACK’. This is Megan’s first project with The Last Great Hunt.

Ben Collins

Sound Designer, Musical Arrangement

Ben has worked as a freelance musician, sound designer and composer across a variety of platforms since 2003.  He’s been a lecturer in sound design and audio technology at WAAPA since 2015, venue and technical manager at the Redmond Theatre since 2016 and recently has become most interested in field recording, technical theatre design, and multi-disciplinary work.  Ben has worked on short films, animations, dance works, drama and musical theatre and produced podcasts and recorded works for various platforms and is passionate about the use of technology in storytelling.

He's worked predominantly for Black Swan State Theatre Company over the past decade, as well as Barking Gecko, The Last Great Hunt and Fringe productions including most recently audio work Seeking Basic Needs and Other Tales of Excess.  In 2019 he was sound designer and programmer for Le Nor, a Last Great Hunt work for the Perth International Arts Festival, as well as sound designer for Mimma - A Musical of War & Friendship for Orana Productions. In 2020 he was sound designer for THEATRE 180’s successful production of A Fortunate Life.

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