Trojan Barbie

A car-crash encounter with Euripides' Trojan Women.

Past and present violently collide as the dreams of women and their fierce hunger for life are played out in the larger context of war. Lotte, a modern-day English tourist who repairs dolls, is on a Cultural Tour for singles in Troy when she is captured by American soldiers and flung back into the ancient camp of the Trojan Women. Cassandra dreams of horses and revenge; Hecuba dreams of her murdered children; Helen dreams up a garden party fit for Hollywood. But as the bodies pile up, Lotte just wants to get home safely. When the camp is torched and the Trojan women are enslaved, the British Embassy rescues Lotte. Her life returns to normal — until Hecuba claws her way up through the centuries in search of her murdered children's bodies.

Christine Evans

Christine Evans is an award-winning Australian playwright now based in the U.S. In Australia, her work has been produced at many venues including Belvoir St.Theatre (Mainstage and Downstairs); Vitalstatistix; Deck Chair Theatre and the Adelaide International Festival of the Arts.

In the U.S., her work has been developed and produced in New York; New Jersey; San Francisco; Atlanta; Pittsburgh; Dallas and Providence in Rhode Is, where she is a Resident Artist with Perishable Theatre.Dr. Evans holds an MFA (Playwriting) and Ph.D. (Theatre & Performance Studies) from Brown University. Honors include a Fulbright Award in Visual and Performing Art, the 2007 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award and

Perishable Theatre’s Women’s Playwriting Festival (WPF, 2001 and 2002). Dr.Evans teaches playwriting at Harvard University and (as Gail Evans’ sister and Ciella Williams’ aunt) is proud to be a far-flung member of one of Darwin’s best-regarded theatrical families.

Trojan Barbie will have its world premiere in Boston next year.

Road to Wardabirr Festival is as follows:

Drive through Katherine to Mataranka.

About 10kms south of Mataranka turn left along Roper River Highway.

At exactly 110km down the Roper River Highway, turn right to Hodgeson Downs (it doesn't mention Minyerri on the signpost).  

Drive along this unsealed road carefully - it's not too bad but best not to drive above eighty and watch for a sudden dip in the road about 4 kms in.  You will go past one property (on the right) after about ten kms.  Keep driving down the road for about forty-five kms.  You will find two gates that need opening and closing.  When you go through these you will know you are quite near Minyerri.  A few kms later you will see the town off to the left.  Take the first left turn into the town. 

Everyone attending Wardabirr Festival will need to be self sufficent (bring camping equipment, food, toliet paper etc). There is a small shop there but it has limited stock so stock up on food etc before you come.

Also diesel is only avaliable in Minyerri so if you are on petrol you will need to fill up in Mataranka on your way out.

There are no toilets or showers avaliable, you can bring portables with you or use natures toilet.

Please remember to take all your rubbish with you!!!

For furthur information please call 89420166.

Have a good journey - it will be great to see you there!