A live chat show hosted by Beck (Rebecca) Lister with musician Douglas Lee Robertson. Each show, three artists join Beck on the couch to chat about their arts practice, influences, disappointments and hopes. Douglas provides the ambience with the On the Couch theme songs.
On the Couch with Beck Lister.…part chat show, part therapy.
Wet After Fifty
Wet After Fifty is a pool party cabaret extravaganza for women* and their allies over fifty. Anvil Productions creates a space and event where women can engage without stigma, shame or exclusion and feel free with their bodies. This is an event to celebrate the much-maligned topic of aging and bodies. Join us, be brave, daring, safe and secure. We’ve got you. We’re ready to go!
*female identifying and non-binary
big beautiful female theory
'big beautiful female theory' is a new play by Rebecca Lister. This new work is inspired and informed by the Eloise's memoir, 'big beautiful female theory'.
bbft' is a feminist exploration, based on Eloise's personal experience, of how fat bodies have been idealised, fetishised and demonised, and the impact of this in a society obsessed with the narrow appearance ideal. Like the memoir the play is defiant, poignant, harsh and humorous.
2:20AM
'2:20AM by Rebecca Lister
All bereaved by suicide, four ordinary people meet as strangers at a creative writing class.
Construction worker Dave is a reluctant participant, shut down & withdrawn since the suicide of his teenage daughter; Stella, desperate for someone to blame is angry & grieving since the death of her father; middle aged Trish wants to prove that everything is okay but is trapped by rigidity since the loss of her partner Mandy & workshop facilitator Emma thinks it’s her job to save everyone.
Together they grieve, behave badly, & reveal far more about themselves than they bargained for.
2.20AM is a contemporary drama laced with humour, grief, conflict & resolution. It tackles the impact of suicide & bereavement directly. Though not verbatim theatre, the dialogue pulses with the verisimilitude of lived experience while building dramatic tension through an expertly crafted narrative that eschews didacticism. The naturalistic form is transcended when each character divulges previously unexpressed thoughts & feelings through their creative writing pieces.
Hi-Viz-Liz
'Hi Viz Liz. and her tradie mates arrive and unload.
Given the go-ahead from Scott, this 'shovel-ready' Diva is ready to pull down, build up, and bulldoze through.
Part cabaret, part story-telling, part-renovation, they’re driving to your neighbourhood to start the Hi-Vis Led Recovery.