The three women of Shit swear, fight, sleep around, shout, act 'unladylike'. They're the ones that society has given up on or never cared for in the first place. They're the ones that make other people get off the bus or cross the street - and as they say it, they pointedly stare out at the audience...
As they swagger across the stage, fragments of their stories emerge - growing up in foster care or with neglectful parents, unloved, abused, beaten up. But it's not played as tragedy. Instead the play shows off their defiant bravado, them vs the world. Fast and funny for most of its length, the contrast to the moments of pathos make those dark parts feel all the more real.
Billy, Bobby and Sam challenge what it means to be a woman and to be one of the have-nots. Peta Brady, Sarah Ward and Nicci Wilks all turn in great, physical, unapologetic performances. The simple, clean staging choices let their characters take the spotlight.
I don't know that the play ever pushes that discomfort of that initial stare out into audience as far as it could. But it doesn't provide pat answers or endings either.
And can I applaud the runtime? ONE HOUR, NO INTERVAL = PERFECTION.
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Kevin Jackson
Suzy Goes See
Written by Patricia Cornelius
Director – Susie Dee
Producer – Laura Milke-Garner
Set & Costume Designer – Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer – Rachel Burke
Composer – Anna Liebzeit
Production/Stage Manager – Bec Moore
Cast – Peta Brady, Sarah Ward and Nicci Wilks
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