The Female Subject

Written & Directed by Jayde Kirchert

Every Sunday @7.30pm
22 April – 13 May 2018
Livestreamed on Facebook

A livestream web-series exploring womanhood, familial influence and societal prejudices, asking the question: “What does it mean to be a woman today?”

About the production

The Female Subject is a live web-series based on primary research collected by Citizen Theatre’s Artistic Director Jayde Kirchert. Over 60 female identifying citizens of various ages and backgrounds were surveyed to get a sense of what it means to be a woman today.

It included questions such as “What firsts have you experienced as a woman in your family?” and a set of questions asking the respondent to consider how their ideas of what being a woman means might be the same or vastly different to other women in their families.

Many questions were looking at how a woman’s family and their expectations of women inform one’s experience of womanhood. Overall, the research pointed to some common themes and insights into what it feels like to be among the first generation/s of women to have experienced a range of things that were previously impossible.

Watch The Female Subject

First Event: CLAWS
First broadcast live 22 April 2018, 7:30pm AEST

Second Event: A – Z
First broadcast live 29 April 2018, 7:30pm AEST

Third Event: EGG
First broadcast live 6 May 2018, 7:30pm AEST

Final Event: REMEMBER
Released 13 April 2018, 7:30pm AEST

  • Kaori Maeda-Judge

    Jordan Barr

    Rebecca Moore

    Jessica Vellucci

    Willow Sizer

  • Writer & Director: Jayde Kirchert

    Visual & Graphic Design: Stu Brown

    Sound Design: Imogen Cygler

    Director of Photography & Livestreaming: Thomas Overend

    Digital Media Coordinator: Steph Clare-Cover

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