We May Have to Choose
Written and performed by Emma Hall
Directed by Prue Clark
Mentored, including Direction & Dramaturgical advice, by Bagryana Popov
Lighting, Set and Costume design by Amelia Lever-Davidson
Sound and Composition by SS. Sebastian
winner: 2017 best theatre and best director (Auckland Fringe); ; 2017 outstanding performer (Wellington Fringe); 2015 WA tour ready award and Melbourne Festival discovery award (Melbourne Fringe); 2015 weekly award best theatre (Adelaide Fringe); 2016 West Australian arts editor award (Perth Fringe)
nominee: 2015 best performance (by an individual or ensemble) in contemporary performance and best contemporary performance text (Green Room Awards)
I think therefore I am…. often wrong.
A monologue of sorts, a one-sided stream of consciousness, a list of declarations about the universe. Inspired by Tim Etchells’ Sight is the Sense, this is a study of what it is to speak one’s mind. A personal values framework writ large in all its maddening logic and insanity and a comedy of the personal soapbox. There is a reason we don’t talk about some things.
Written by the co-author of Maybe I Could Crack Your Sternum (Adelaide Fringe 2014), directed by Green Room award nominee Prue Clark (Dropped, Melbourne Fringe 2013) and mentored by Bagryana Popov.
Listen to a podcast with Emma and Prue chatting to Radio Adelaide about the piece here.
Listen to Emma speaking to Radio New Zealand about the piece here.
Print interview with Edinburgh publication ThreeWeeks is here.
View trailer.
A monologue of sorts, a one-sided stream of consciousness, a list of declarations about the universe. Inspired by Tim Etchells’ Sight is the Sense, this is a study of what it is to speak one’s mind. A personal values framework writ large in all its maddening logic and insanity and a comedy of the personal soapbox. There is a reason we don’t talk about some things.
Written by the co-author of Maybe I Could Crack Your Sternum (Adelaide Fringe 2014), directed by Green Room award nominee Prue Clark (Dropped, Melbourne Fringe 2013) and mentored by Bagryana Popov.
Listen to a podcast with Emma and Prue chatting to Radio Adelaide about the piece here.
Listen to Emma speaking to Radio New Zealand about the piece here.
Print interview with Edinburgh publication ThreeWeeks is here.
View trailer.
"its spellbinding effect is... not to be missed" Dominion Post | full review
"pitch perfect, free-flowing, tumbling, illuminating...brilliant Fringe theatre" | Auckland Fringe Festival Feb 2017 | Theatre Review | full review
"thought-provoking.... sometimes devilishly unsettling topics, (but) plenty to laugh at… from the start, to the end, and everything in between; you are consumed..." | Brisbane Festival season September 2016 | The Creative Issue | full review
★★★★ "(Hall) wields her words like a fencing champion, swinging effortlessly from thought to thought, leading the audience until she lands a powerful strike right in the guts... We May Have To Choose ... painfully reflects the way we engage with information, opinion and socio-political issues in the contemporary world of globalised, socialised media." | La Mama season August 2016 | Fiona Spitzkowsky, Theatrepeople | full review
★★★★ "brain-prodding, riveting theatre... genius" | Anne Marie-Peard, Sydney Morning Herald/The Age | full review
"strangely gripping, and absolutely irresistible" | Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman | full review
★★★★★ "5/5 - beautifully simple, intensely clever... intimate, funny, honest and unlike anything I've seen at the Fringe this year" | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh | full review
★★★★ "genuinely unique" | Broadway Baby | full review
★★★★ "this is a show which deserves ... tracking down... an esoteric and considered piece... wonderfully precise" | The Scotsman | full review
★★★★ "incredibly beautiful.... captivating" | Fresh Air | full review
★★★★ "an excellent performer...smart, fun and distinctly different | Adelaide Theatre Guide | full review
★★★★ "an engaging... and thought-provoking reflection on how we navigate life" | Rip It Up | full review
"the absurdity of Eugene Ionesco in this address to the nation.... effective and unsettling" | The Advertiser | full review
"thought-provoking, intriguing.... powerful.... like a refreshing glass of water" | Radio Adelaide | full review
"funny, withering and moving... At risk of adding one more opinion to an over-loaded world, see this show" |TalkFringe| full review
"a refreshingly experimental performance... surprisingly funny... provocative..." | Buzzcuts | full review
"pitch perfect, free-flowing, tumbling, illuminating...brilliant Fringe theatre" | Auckland Fringe Festival Feb 2017 | Theatre Review | full review
"thought-provoking.... sometimes devilishly unsettling topics, (but) plenty to laugh at… from the start, to the end, and everything in between; you are consumed..." | Brisbane Festival season September 2016 | The Creative Issue | full review
★★★★ "(Hall) wields her words like a fencing champion, swinging effortlessly from thought to thought, leading the audience until she lands a powerful strike right in the guts... We May Have To Choose ... painfully reflects the way we engage with information, opinion and socio-political issues in the contemporary world of globalised, socialised media." | La Mama season August 2016 | Fiona Spitzkowsky, Theatrepeople | full review
★★★★ "brain-prodding, riveting theatre... genius" | Anne Marie-Peard, Sydney Morning Herald/The Age | full review
"strangely gripping, and absolutely irresistible" | Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman | full review
★★★★★ "5/5 - beautifully simple, intensely clever... intimate, funny, honest and unlike anything I've seen at the Fringe this year" | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh | full review
★★★★ "genuinely unique" | Broadway Baby | full review
★★★★ "this is a show which deserves ... tracking down... an esoteric and considered piece... wonderfully precise" | The Scotsman | full review
★★★★ "incredibly beautiful.... captivating" | Fresh Air | full review
★★★★ "an excellent performer...smart, fun and distinctly different | Adelaide Theatre Guide | full review
★★★★ "an engaging... and thought-provoking reflection on how we navigate life" | Rip It Up | full review
"the absurdity of Eugene Ionesco in this address to the nation.... effective and unsettling" | The Advertiser | full review
"thought-provoking, intriguing.... powerful.... like a refreshing glass of water" | Radio Adelaide | full review
"funny, withering and moving... At risk of adding one more opinion to an over-loaded world, see this show" |TalkFringe| full review
"a refreshingly experimental performance... surprisingly funny... provocative..." | Buzzcuts | full review
Confirmed dates:
Britanico Cultural San de Lurigancho, Surco and Miraflores), Lima, Peru | 22, 24 and 29 October 2018 | Free Entry | Book ticketsAuckland Writers Festival | 18-20 May 2018 | Aotea Centre | Book tickets
Darwin Festival | 18-20 August 2017 | Brown's Mart | Book tickets
Auckland Fringe | 21-25 February 2017 | Basement Theatre | Book tickets | FB event
NZ Fringe Wellington | 2-11 March 2017 | BATS Theatre | Book tickets | FB event
Brisbane Festival | 20-24 September 2016 | Theatre Republic - QUT Creative Industries, The Block | More info
Melbourne Encore Season | 24-28 August 2016 | La Mama Theatre | More info | FB event
Perth Fringe Festival | The Shambles | 22-26 January 2016 | Fb event
Melbourne Fringe Festival | Parlour Room, Fringe Hub, North Melbourne Town Hall | 18 Sep - 3 Oct 2015
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 | Free Fringe, Espionage @ Mata Hari 6 - 30 August || Forest Fringe, Out of the Blue Drill Hall | 17-19 Aug | More info | FB event
Adelaide Fringe Festival - March 2015