Theatre: Hemlines - A New Comedy Musical

Three Fates, Doris, Flossy and Eleanor, control the world's affairs through the garments they sew. But when one dares to break the pattern, long-buried secrets begin to unravel. 

A fresh and provocative comedy musical, Hemlines balances on the razor's edge between the silly and the serious. Packed with clever humour, inventive movement and bold visual storytelling, this high energy production weaves together sisterhood, resilience and empowerment in a whirlwind of music, myth and mayhem.

Fun, fierce and full of heart, Hemlines is not to be missed!

★★★★½ "The collective hit gold" - InDaily Adelaide

★★★★ "Something wholly unique" - BroadwayBaby

★★★★ "Perfectly crafted and performed" - Theatre & Arts Review UK

★★★★ "Smart, strange, and unexpectedly moving" - BingeFringe

Golden Croc Award Winner - Darwin Fringe Festival 2026

Credits

Devised and performed by Alicia Badger, Madison Chippendale and Lana Filies

Directed and composed by Amelia Gilday

Produced by Moon Bureau

Doors open: 2PM

Show Begins: 3PM

Duration: 50 minutes

Amelia Gilday
Co-Devisor, Director, Composer

Amelia (they/them) is a director, producer, writer and composer. Most recently, Amelia directed Bow and Apple (Bus Stop Films), directed Wally by Nick Vagne at KXT on Broadway, toured their new musical Hemlines around Australia and to Prague and London, and directed The Losers (YAA Films).

They co-directed ShopFront Arts Co-op’s When I Grow Up and were recognised as an OFA 30 Under 30 Winner in 2024. Currently, they are developing several new works with support from Critical Path, The Pavillion PAC Sutherland and ATYP. Amelia's also a resident artist with KXT/bAKEHOUSE. In 2023, Amelia was a resident artist at ShopFront Arts Co-op, where they developed Under the Influence, a multidisciplinary performance work that premiered at 107 Projects in Sydney. Their film Pieces of You earned both Best Short Film and the Governors Award at Short Shorts & Asia. In 2022, they directed Next Step at the Festival of Regional Theatre and Short+Sweet Sydney, with both festivals recognising the work with awards. Amelia also devised and performed Where Shall We Meet? with ShopFront’s Harness Ensemble, stage-managed Who’s Afraid at Belvoir (Four One One), and produced Waiting in Soho with Moon Bureau for Sydney Fringe Festival.

Previous credits include directing Good Talk (Moon Bureau) at Adelaide Fringe Festival and Anywhere Festival Brisbane (2021), and devising and directing Illuminated (Moon Bureau), which toured Sydney (2018), Adelaide, and Darwin Fringe Festivals (2019). Amelia co-wrote and directed Coming Out on Broadway (2019), produced Two Quarters Full (Flight Path Theatre), directed HMS Headwind, winner of both Judges’ and Audience Choice at Short+Sweet Sydney; assistant directing The Spoils by Jesse Eisenberg (2019). Amelia directed and produced the award-winning short film Girls Pty Ltd. and co-wrote and directed the award-winning series License to Succeed.

Alicia Badger
Co-Devisor, Performer, Lighting Designer

Alicia (she/her) is a versatile actor, theatre maker, and lighting designer with a BA in Theatre Studies from the University of Notre Dame and training in technical theatre from NIDA. 

Alicia’s performance credits include In/finite Sol (Lost Thought Arts), the Illuminated and Hemlines tours (Moon Bureau), and What Day Is It Anyway?! (Anywhere Festival). As a technician, Alicia has worked across companies such as ATYP, Australian Actors Centre, BBT, and Bell Shakespeare. Her lighting design work spans productions such as Saltwater Girls (Moon Bureau), In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play (New Theatre), Così fan tutte (Pacific Opera Studio), and WALLY (KXT on Broadway). 

Lana Filies
Co-devisor, Performer

Lana (she/her) is a South African/Australian theatre-maker residing on Gadigal land. Recognised as "one to watch" by Theatre Travels, Lana’s devised practice focuses on championing female voices and creating socially impactful works. 

Lana graduated from UOW with a Bachelor of Performance in 2018 and is currently the Head Drama Facilitator at Shopfront Arts Co-Op. In 2024 Lana has been developing Squatchwatch (Vaguely Adjacent) and Our Hearts Beat (Karen Cummings) with the Merrigong X Program and performed in THE ANTS (Polyglot). In 2023 Lana wrote and starred in her debut play Expiration Date (Purple Tape Productions) at Adelaide Fringe and Meraki Arts Bar, and performed in SOLACE (Milk Crate Theatre x Box Of Birds), Paper Planet (Polyglot x Sydney Opera House), THE HOOFER (Fondue Set, Night Time Right Time Festival), CAMP (Siren Theatre Company).

Madison Chippendale
Co-devisor, Performer

Madison Chippendale (she/her) is an actor, emerging director and producer. A graduate of The University of Wollongong (BCA: Performance), she was the 2013 recipient of the BBM Award for theatre, which enabled her to undertake internships with Reckless Sleepers (Belgium) and Pacitti Co’s SPILL Festival (UK). Madison was also a KXT on Broadway Step Up artist across 2024/25.

She made her directorial debut with Precious Little Talent, followed by Much Ado About Nothing both at Sydney Acting Studio. The latter marked the debut production of the company she co-founded, Sweet Creatures. She premiered the award-winning comedy musical Hemlines (Moon Bureau) in 2024, which has since toured to the Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin and Prague Fringe Festivals, as well as the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, London; and Townsville for the North Australian Festival of Arts. 

Some of her recent stage credits include Ash in What We See In The Water (Lights On Theatre/Shopfront Arts Co-Op), The Witches in The Prophetic Tragedy of Macbeth & Those Who Knew Him, (Alls One Theatre), Gladys Smith & Miss Allie in The Shark Arm Case (Deadhouse Productions), Lou in WALLY (Moon Bureau/KXT), Olivia in Twelfth Night (Whale Chorus), and 30-50 Feral Hogs at the Real Festival in Penrith (Q Theatre). Her film credits include the feature film To The Tooth, and the award-winning shorts Lost (Jury Prize Winner at the MMI Screening Awards) and Ground (Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the Sony Catchlight Festival 2024).

Join us from 2pm for $15 cocktail happy hour and delicious burgers & street food from Beau’s Burgers.  

If you’re driving, street parking and public parking is available in Baker St car park (enter via Erina St near Gosford hotel and ground floor parking is free)

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