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 10 - 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 10-19

Thurs Oct 10 - Sat Oct 12 & Tues Oct 15 - Fri Oct 18, 7:30 pm, Sat Oct 19, 5:00pm (90 mins, no interval)

Post-Show Q&A with Postal Confessions Creative Team - Fri 11 Oct

Dress Up Night: Imaginary Friends - Tues 15 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


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

Alex McAll | Company Manager

John Lavanya Moris | Assistant Company Manager

Cheuk Yue Mong | Videographer

Elizabeth Le | Assistant Videographer

Brendon Holmes | Set Designer

Manthisi Pathiraja Appuhamilage | Assistant 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


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