Voices of Joan
Theatre

Voices of Joan

NSW

Tickets $30.00 - $39.00

03 - 14 Sep | 1 hour Made in Sydney- PACT Centre for Emerging Artists
SHOW IS RATED: R18+

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About this event
Voices of Joan is a feminist punk ritual unravelling the history of misogyny through a radical retelling of the story of Joan of Arc.

In an intimate solo performance, Janie Gibson searches for Joan’s voice in fragments of words throughout history; words spoken at her trial, translated in textbooks, imagined in poetry and illuminated in drama. What is revealed is an ancient story about gender, truth and power with startling reverberations today. With direction by Anu Almagro (Song Of the Goat Theatre), Gibson transforms into the multitudinous voices of Joan: from the teenage warrior, to the fervent revolutionary, to the bishop that tried her. Using wit, humour and multiple on stage costume changes Gibson rallies the crowd from behind her megaphone and invites the audience to build Joan's pyre with her. With a wireless radio as her ‘time machine’ she tunes into echoes of Joan’s story throughout history in search of a road map for resistance in our uncertain times.

Show details
  • 03 - 14 Sep | 1 hour
  • Venue: Made in Sydney- PACT Centre for Emerging Artists
Performance notes
  • Content warnings: Strobe Lighting, Haze, Nudity
  • Things to note: This show contains strong scenes depicting the treatment of women that some may find confronting. Performance includes haze, flashing lights and nudity.
Venue details & accessibility
Made in Sydney- PACT Centre for Emerging Artists

107 Railway Parade, Erskineville 2043 (Gadigal Country)
Telephone: 02 9550 2744

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Reviews

“Gibson’s punked up version of the passion of St Joan is an electric, ground-breaking production" Olivia Farag, Sydney Theatre Reviews

"Janie Gibson channels the spirit of Joan of Arc in this breathtaking performance that addresses us, involves us – and makes us complicit in the outcomes...But we’re not just an audience, we’re part of this trial, this ritual...we’re the ones building the bonfire and placing candles in the pyre; it is up to us whether it’s to burn or to remember...she delivers a powerful history lesson that still needs to be learned, where the questioner may be silenced, but the questions remain" Mark Wicket, Stage Whispers

"Janie has established herself as a powerful and original performance maker" Martin Del Amo, Realtime Arts

Credits
  • Performer & Creator – Janie Gibson
  • Director and Co-Creator – Anu Almagro
  • Composer – Liesl Pieterse
  • Lighting Design – Fausto Brusamolino
  • Dramaturgy – Emilie Collyer
  • Additional Composers – Xani Kolac and Toecutter
Presented by
  • Voices Of Joan is proudly supported by the City Of Newcastle's New Annual festival, Create NSW, Arts On Tour, TAIKE Arts Promotion Centre Finland, L'Escorxador Cultural Centre Elche Spain & Brand X

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Photographer: Lee Illfield
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