Postal Confessions by Chelsea Rabl
MUST Presents
Postal Confessions by Chelsea Rabl
A Letter Opener is just a Small Knife.
Directed by Amanda Dhammanarachchi, Assistant Directed by Lisa Baker
Oct 12 - 19 at the MUST Space
In the quaint Victorian town of Narralla, everybody unfortunately knows everybody’s business… or thinks they do, but no one knows who Ash really is.
Your run-of-the-mill small-town postie, she sorts and delivers the mail on time. She’s a little socially awkward, but otherwise friendly. Perfectly normal - except for the little bit about reading other people’s mail and creating imaginary friends based on the stuff she reads about them. So when a murder goes down, of course SHE has to solve it; she knows everyone the best after all… right?
With a cast of colourful characters, every one of them a suspect, Postal Confessions is a fast-paced murder mystery romp where things are not quite as they seem, and reality is often stranger (and more interesting) than fiction. A story about overcoming self doubt and finding connection in the strangest of places. Even if that connection is created by murder taking place…
Show Dates: Oct 12-19
Sat Oct 12 & Tues Oct 15 - Fri Oct 18, 7:30 pm, Sat Oct 19, 5:00pm (105 mins, no interval)
Post-Show Q&A with Postal Confessions Creative Team - Tues 15 Oct
Dress Up Night: Imaginary Friends - Wed 16 Oct
In The MUST Space: Grnd Flr, West Campus Centre
21 Chancellors Walk, Monash Clayton
Tickets: $17 MSA plus | $19 Concession | Full $25
Enquiries via MUST: E: msa-must@monash.edu
Social Media - Facebook & Insta: musttheatre
*** PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO ILLNESS, WE HAVE POSTPONED OPENING BY TWO NIGHTS TO OCTOBER 12 ***
If you have already booked tickets for the 10th or 11th, we have emailed you to see if you would like them transferred to another performance or would prefer to be refunded. Please let us know ASAP. Many thanks. xx
Theme for the Dress Up Night (15 Oct) - Imaginary Friends:
Did you have imaginary friends growing up? Was there a TV or Movie character that you feel particularly attached to to this day? Come dressed up as your childhood made up creatures or your current emotional support character- unlike Ash with Robert, we can’t wait to hear you yap about them.
Content Notes: Staged violence, use of a knife and fake blood; possible low-level audience interaction.
Audience Notes: Certain audience members may be handed sandwiches by the cast. These sandwiches will contain Bread (Yeast and Gluten), Chicken, Mayonnaise, chives, and lemon juice. Please feel free to discreetly refuse.
Event Notes: There will be flashing lights and loud sudden noises.
Monash Uni Student Theatre, or MUST, is an engine room of creativity, a department of the MSA that creates vibrant, innovative theatre by, with and for Monash students and the wider community. “MUST, creates astonishing and powerful work that consistently punches way above its weight and acts as an incubator for some of our most important emerging theatre artists." (Australian Arts Review)
Cast:
Marissa Chen as Ash
Michaela Tippett as Morgan
Bridget Hyde as Bradley
Grace Jackson as Daina
Karishma Singh as Madeline
Lachlan Robertson as Ensemble 1 (Robert and more...)
Wynter Dallas as Ensemble 2 (Kimberly, and more...)
Andrei Babanin as Ensemble 3 (Sweet Old Man, and more...)
Creatives and Crew:
Chelsea Rabl | Playwright
Amanda Dhammanarachchi | Director & Costume Designer
Lisa Baker | Assistant Director
Pavan Sundar | Production Manager
Charlie Banias | Assistant Production Manager
Cale Martin | Stage Manager
Jacqui East | Assistant Stage Manager
Eloise Vernon | Stage Crew Support
Alex McAll | Company Manager
John Lavanya Moris | Assistant Company Manager and Stage Crew Support
Cheuk Yue Mong | Videographer
Elizabeth Le | Assistant Videographer
Brendon Holmes | Set Designer
Meghan Eikens | Lighting Designer
Stefan Ardeleanu | Assistant Lighting Designer & Operator
Aaron Sharpe | Lighting Mentor
Chris Collins | Audio Designer & Composer
Galatia Kinia | Assistant Audio Designer & Operator
Alannah Brearley-Vivian | Costume Support
Yasmin Bouzas | Marketing Manager
Subashri Selvarajan | Marketing Support & Graphic Designer
Yvonne Virsik | Executive Producer & MUST Artistic Director
Callum Dale | MUST Technical Manager
MUST and MSA acknowledge and pay respect to the Boonwurrung/Bunurong and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations, as the true custodians of the land upon which Monash University (Clayton) stands.
Photo by Shaelea Gardam
