HOW do women in the modern age survive and make it to the top?
It’s a question asked by renown playwright Carly Churchill in his tragi-comedy Top Girls – set to be performed in Warburton by local drama group Catprint.
The show opens with Marlene, a tough career woman, celebrating her promotion with a dinner party with women from history and legend who exchange perspectives on maternity, ambition and fulfilment.
The themes, most of which are currently being played out in the election debates and media, are hotly topical.
Producer Claire Bamford said the dreamlike scene contrasts with latter scenes that portray stark realities of the workplace, single parenthood, economic survival, maternity, class, success and patriarchy.
The cast of local, vibrant females ranges from 14 to 71 years and Ms Bamford says the play is just as relevant now, if not more so, than it was when it was first performed in England in 1982.
She said working on the production, with such an harmonious group of creative women spanning such a wide age range has been a wonderful experience.
“The play is so poignant that it has touched many of the cast profoundly,” Ms Bamford said.
Catprint will stage the show over three nights, 5 to7 September at 7.30pm, and with a matinee at 2pm on Sunday, 8 September, at the Upper Yarra Arts Centre.
Phone 1300 368 000 for information and to book.
