You want to be a butcher? You’ve got to love a butcher.
The Butcher, The Baker…project was originally inspired by my experiences of living with a group of women on Amazon Acres deep in the New South Wales bush in the 1970’s “No men, no meat, no machines”.
A tale with a twist, The Butcher, The Baker…is a story of a woman who in an effort to probe the mystery of a man she is obsessed with but cannot get close to disguises herself as a male. But the plan misfires and she is left with more than a sting in her tail!!!
“It’s a very dangerous play. It is not rude but it touches into the darker subconscious of sexuality. Though the play is not heavy, and is in fact very funny, the subject matter is unsettling” – Sue Ingleton, Herald Sun
“Cabaret at its best!” – Jonathan Marshall, Inpress
“Fantastically haunting cabaret music of the Weimar period…. Keen powers of observations… seething, seamy eroticism.” – Geoffrey Milne, ABC Radio
“The songs are the stand-out element, the music has an urgency to it that is alluring and the lyrics are rich in imagery” – Fiona Scott-Norman, The Age
“A deft mixture: poetic monologue, some excellent dialogue and nifty, moody songs…well-structured and crafted and always with a wacky European edge to its delivery” – Steven Carroll, The Age
Content Warnings: Violence
Writer /Director: Ella Filar/ Kevin Hopkins
Songs: Ella Filar
Cast: Natasha Broadstock, Claire Nicholls, Fletcher Dyson, Myf Powell (Voice), Hemi Titokuwaru (Voice), Martin Zakharov (Sax), Sally Banks (Violin), Christos Linou (Percussion)
Artwork: Chris Molyneux
Technical: John Jenkin
Image by Francis Bacon / Christopher Molyneux
Read more about Amazon Acres – Sisterhood under siege on ABC here.
Access Information:
Visual rating 50%: Events are partly subtitled or include dialogue, background music and/or sounds, so d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can have some engagement with the event.
Aural Rating 50%: Has both sound and visual components, but sight isn’t essential to be able to engage with the event.
