Theatre

Split Lip

Witness a lip-sync battle like you've never seen before!

Dates 18 - 22 Oct
Time 8:45pm, 7:45pm (60 minutes)
Venue Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room

$28.00 - $32.00

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Wheelchair Accessible

Performer sits in front of white curtain drapes at a desk, presented in 5 different variations of themselves, wearing different wigs and facial expressions in each variation, portraying 5 different personalities.

Performer has white coloured foundation makeup, smudged lipstick and is wearing a white hospital gown.

On the desk is a hand written journal and lamp.

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Theatre

Image Credit: Richard Jackson

Created and Performed by: Blake Anderson

Ginava just can't seem to get their head straight. Personalities inside them start to manifest, taking over their body... and mouth!
A story of trauma and forgiveness, witness a lip-sync battle like you've never seen before.

This project is a Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award Winner.

About Gendermess Productions

Ginava is a performance artist, known by many as a shapeshifter and glamour monster, specialising in avant-garde costume making and spoken word lip-syncing.

Creator of Gendermess Productions, their mission is to mess with the gender spectrum though a creative spectacle in a subversive abstract way.

Feature credits include:
Guest on Transformations with James St. James in 2014
Costume Maker for Roisin Murphy
Proud Awards Creative Artist of the Year 2019 & Entertainer of the Year 2022
Sydney & Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award for "Split Lip"
The Martin Sims Award Winner for "Ginava’s Messy Friends"

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Duration: 60 minutes
Age suitability: MA15+
Event warnings: Frequent Coarse Language, Both Sudden And Sustained Loud Noises.
Content warnings: Sexual Assault Or Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Drug References, Sexual References, Mental Health.

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room
Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

Wheelchair Access

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room is wheelchair accessible.

The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.
If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head west and through the corridor to the stairs, and up passed ETU Ballroom and Common Rooms through to the Music Room. There is also a lift if you are unable to take the stairs.

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Full: $28.00 - $32.00
Hump Day Discount: $21.00
Extra Applause: $50.00
Group 6+: $25.00

Member discounts available

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"It will punch you in the gut, have you in tears (both in sadness and with laughter) and lend a bosom to cradle you afterward." - Sydney Scoop

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"Brilliant! It's thrilling right to the end." - The Fourth Wall

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"It is a truly remarkable performance" - X-Press Mag

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date	Time	Venue
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Hump Day	8:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room Hump Day	Past Event
Thursday, 19 October 2023	8:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Friday, 20 October 2023	8:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Saturday, 21 October 2023	8:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event
Sunday, 22 October 2023	7:45pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Music Room	Past Event