Mara KORPER

Written & Directed by Jayde Kirchert

12–22 May 2021
Theatre Works

In a futuristic dystopian future where the government owns your body, Mara KORPER explores extremism, corruption, gender and body image.

Mara KORPER was nominated for two Green Room Awards 2022.

  • "An experience audiences members won't easily forget."

    ★★★★

    James Robertson, Beat Magazine

  • "One of the most bizarre and compelling dystopias ever to take the stage"

    Cameron Woodhead, The Age

  • "The feminist sci-fi Mara KORPER is challenging, enjoyable and possibly the smartest theatre you'll see this year."

    Robert Reid, Witness

  • "...an unsettling blend of sinister bureaucratic farce and outright horror."

    Cameron Woodhead, The Age

  • "Citizen Theatre is a force to be reckoned with."

    Owen James, Theatre Press

About Mara KORPER

Mara KORPER is a feminist sci-fi spectacle that follows in the footsteps of dystopian classics such as Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World and 1984. In true Citizen Theatre style, Mara KORPER interrogates the zeitgeist through a feminist lens, echoing and challenging those who came before.

Mara KORPER is set in a futuristic, dystopian world where gender is obsolete, the flesh must remain whole, and bodies are owned by the government. This brilliant and terrifying new theatrical work explores themes of extremism, corruption, gender and body image. 

Mara KORPER is staged in a non-traditional way, seating audiences in the round in private perspex boxes. Fusing the latest sound technology with absurdist expressionism, Mara KORPER is truly on the cutting edge of experimental feminist theatre.

Grants & Support

Mara KORPER was generously supported by

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    Jordan Barr as Bray & Patient Patrice

    Emily Carr as Mara

    Kayla Hamill as Hans & Superior Clarence

    Asha Khamis as Superior Pretz

    Erin McIntosh as Superior Tostril

    Freya Pragt as Fedenka

    Ursula Searle as Superior Fry

    Shamita Sivabalan as Konrad

  • Writer & Director: Jayde Kirchert

    Composer: Anthony Lyons

    Associate Music Director: Imogen Cygler

    Lead Designer: Stu Brown

    Costume Designer: Aislinn Naughton

    Lighting Designer: Clare Springett

    Stage Manager: Teri Steer

    Associate Producer & Assistant Director: Steph Clare-Cover

    Theatre Works Intern Associate: Kate Speakman

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