This is not a play about Valerie Jean Solanas Co-written and co-created by Laneikka Denne and Ziggy Resnick “Maleness is a deficiency disease.” - SCUM Manifesto, 1967 Valerie Jean Solanas shot Andy Warhol. This is the final and only time this will be mentioned. Valarie said she wasn’t a lesbian, a feminist or even a woman - she was a writer. This is not a feminist play about Valerie Jean Solanas, who said all men are a biological accident. This is not a manifesto. This is not a memoir to a woman who died alone. This is an interdisciplinary act of justice to give artistic merit where it’s due. ABOUT THE ARTISTS LANEIKKA DENNE is a queer writer and actor from Western Sydney. At seventeen, Laneikka wrote Dead Skin winner of SA State Theatre Company’s Young Playwrights Award, performed in Sydney and LA, published by Australian plays. Laneikka’s second play Feminazi premiered as part of Belvoir St Theatre’s Sydney World Pride 2023 programming. Laneikka was the recipient of the Diversity Entertainment Creative Mentorship 2022, her play Dead Skin was performed in LA, to be developed into a feature film adaption. Their documentary “The Real Meaning of Pleasure” has been awarded development funding from Screen Australia and AIDC in 2023. Laneikka created The Monologue Collective where teenagers write monologues for teenagers to perform for the HSC to sold-out seasons and was nominated for Best Production for Young People at the Sydney Theatre Awards 2023. As an actor, Laneikka is leading two feature films; Puzzle Box a horror feature and Salt Along The Tongue a psychological thriller for distribution in 2024. Young, queer humans are at the heart of all of Laneikka’s work.ZIGGY RESNICK is a queer, Jewish, Greek, first generation “Australian” clown. Ziggy graduated from NIDA with a BFA (Acting) in 2020 and during this time worked with Leticia Caceres on SIX, Priscilla Jackman on Ibsen’s Ghosts and Jim Sharman on Twelfth Night, and debuted the role of Amélie in the first Australian stage adaptation of the film Amélie (dir. Miranda Middleton). After graduating from NIDA, Ziggy debuted the role of Shoshana in A is for Apple by Jessica Bellamy at Griffin Theatre Company, worked as a clown on Opera Australia’s Ernani, starred in a new Australian show Trash Pop Butterflies Dance Dance Paradise as part of Midsumma Festival and directed Much Stuff at Kings Cross Theatre. She will perform her new play Pear-Shaped in 2023 at TheatreWorks Melbourne. Ziggy is proud to be a member of the 2022/23 SheWrites Collective at TheatreWorks and the RIPE Development Program at Fruit Box Theatre. TICKET INFORMATION Dates: Friday 23 February and Saturday 24 February @ 8pm Price: $25 or $20 with an Artist Pass (contact ac[email protected] for financial hardship and Mob Tickets) Running time: 60mins CONTENT WARNINGS: Strong or offensive language, traumatic, historical discriminatory themes/language or imagery. ACCESS REQUIREMENTS If you have access requirements for attending the show, please complete the access requirements box during the booking process. This includes booking companion card tickets. A Brand X team member will then be in touch to confirm your requirements.For access information on the venue, please CLICK to watch this video explainer. HOW TO GET THERE Car: On-street metered parking around the venue.Bus: Oxford Street 2 minute walk (333, 373, 399, 392, 394 and M10 buses).Train: Museum Train Station 10-minute walk. Book a place Ticket Quantity Price Friday, February 23 - 8pm We don't have this quantity of tickets. Your quantity has been set to the maximum available Decrease Enter quantity Increase $25.00 Saturday, February 24 - 8pm We don't have this quantity of tickets. Your quantity has been set to the maximum available Decrease Enter quantity Increase $25.00 Book Manage Cookie Preferences