01/11/2016
What an amazing weekend! Incredible women doing incredible things!
Thanks Women In Theatre and Screen, Australia - WITS for creating Festival Fatale and inviting Golden Jam to take part.
Congrats to all for creating such wonderfully diverse productions and such a celebration of female creative talent!
WITS' FESTIVAL FATALE
An enormous, heartfelt and incredible THANK YOU to every single woman, man, child, artist, creative, crew, supporter and volunteer who contributed to making our inaugural an INCREDIBLE SUCCESS!!
1,395 Tickets Sold.
6 Staged Productions.
4 Play Readings.
11 Cabarets.
81 Women Artists/Creatives/Writers.
11 Male Artists.
17 WITS/FestivalFatale Committee Members & Selection Panelists... And one F***y Fascinator!
Very special thanks to Glenn Terry, Vicki Middleton, Amy Harris, Rebecca Michel and everyone at Darlinghurst Theatre Company for proudly supporting this Festival and giving it such a beautiful home in the Eternity Playhouse.
Thank you to the The Seaborn Broughton & Walford Foundation, City of Sydney, Creative Partnerships Australia, Sam Mostyn, Matt Stevens, Sydney Theatre School, Geraldine Hakewill, Deborah Jones, Deanne Weir, Kate Mulvany & Kirsty McGregor for proudly supporting and Festival Fatale. And a big thank you to everyone who supported our Pozible campaign - your generous contributions are the lifeblood of the Festival.
An indebted thank you to Kate Gaul, Francesca Smith, Sophie Ross, Nakkiah Lui and Emily Ayoub - Festival Fatale's Selection Panel for the dedication, care and perspicacity they brought to the selection process.
Thank you to Belvoir St Theatre and Sport For Jove Theatre for the use of rehearsal space for our play readings. Opera Australia for the use of their music stands. Amelia J Dowd Headshots, Pearly Productions, Michael Booth Photography and Blossom Tree Designs.
And thank you to all of our WITS supporters and audience members for your good faith in us, your engagement and positivity. We aim to continue to deliver for you initiatives like this in the future!
EPIC THANK YOU to the WITS & Festival Fatale team: Lizzie Schebesta, Erica Lovell, Suzanne Pereira, Maryann Wright, Ildiko Susany, Michela Carattini, Matilda Ridgway, Libby Munro, Julia Newbould, Rachel Chant, Jennifer Rani, Fiona Press, Hannah Goodwin, Angela Collins, Michele Bauer and Kate Taylor. Almost ALL of these powerhouse worked tirelessly for an entire YEAR - their time, wisdom, blood, sweat, tears and immense experience and expertise to make this festival a reality! THANK YOU!!
And last but not least... only but a few highlights from Festival Fatale! Thank you to every single person involved in the creation and production of these inspiring, challenging, powerful and vitals works! Let's see them again on our soon!
