During the world wars, the women of the world picked up the slack. They replaced absent men in factories, offices, hospitals and more notably, in munitions, engineering and industry. This developmental performance of this solo site specific work transports us to immediately post-WW2, when those jobs were reclaimed by returning soldiers.

A friendly hostess prepares the stage for our returned heroes and through storytelling and incredible physical feats, the space comes alive in its time of transition. Will it return to its pre-war state or evolve into the future?

Steam-powered by nostalgia and with big dreams for the future, come meet the girl behind the man behind the gun.

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Directed by Maeve Mhairi MacGregor. Maeve is a Tasmania-based, nationally transient theatre maker, and the Artistic Director of Tasmanian Theatre Company. She is currently studying a Masters of Cultural Leadership at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) also from NIDA.

Performed by Adie Delaney. After graduating from NICA in 2006, Adie travelled the world performing as an aerialist and acrobat at various festivals, mostly with the UK’s leading large-scale contemporary circus NoFitState. Adie returned home to Tasmania in 2015 to start The Circus Studio and still performs around the state alongside a new position as an educator at the Sexual Assault Support Service.

Originally developed in collaboration with the Unconformity, in 2019 this work has been supported by the Salamanca Arts Centre’s HyPe program, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory body.

This production is also supported in kind by The Tasmanian Transport Museum, The Circus Studio, and is part of the Tasmanian Theatre Company's 2020+ program.

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