The Old Fitz Theatre is set to host the foul-mouthed, funny and unapologetic Low Level Panic, the work of bold and daring playwrightClare McIntyre.LLL is set to dive headfirst into the waysin we perceive women’s lives, their bodies, safety, and oh yes it goes there, their sexuality.
In a world where a breakfast show host can wear the same navy suit for a year straight and cop not an iota of negative feedback while his female co-hosts are chastised for clashing colours of aesthetic laziness, there might be just enough to go on to say something’s amiss.
Director Justin Martin – after having whizzed around Broadway and the world directing this and that – has decided to bring his verve and efforts to our shores withLow Level Panic.
Femininity is often cleaned and wrapped up, complete with bow or packaged in terms of male fantasy, and to these two approachesLow Level Panic says a big ‘get stuffed’. The play takes a meander through the lives of three female housemates, presenting female sexuality and self-image through their unflinching and ordinary lives.
Bickering over bathroom time, the significance of pornos and damn well fantasising and partying,Low Level Panicis an intelligent, raw and real production that’ll have the lot of us thinking about this modern era, the media and what we’ll stand by.
Low Level Panic plays at the Old Fitz theatre Tuesday July 12 until Friday August 12.
