Monument - Softcover

Sheehan, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1760628204 ISBN 13: 9781760628208

Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

'The fuchsia is bright.'

Edith Aldridge is the youngest woman to be elected leader of her country. In a lush presidential suite in a heritage listed hotel, she has just 90 minutes to get ready for the biggest day of her life. Enter Rosie, a 22-year-old makeup artist from the David Jones counter, sent to help Edith get camera ready. In Rosie's capable hands, this morning will be a breeze. So long as they both stick to the brief.

Emily Sheehan's astute and entertaining Monument challenges the trivialisation of beauty therapy, exploring the role that makeup and fashion play in how we perceive and receive women in power.

'Sheehan's voice is sparkling, fresh, and urgently of the now.' - Arts Hub

2022 Finalist Max Afford Playwrights Award

Monument was developed through Red Stitch's INK program.

About this title

About the Author

Emily Sheehan is an award winning playwright and theatre maker. Her play Hell's Canyon won the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award, was shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights Award, and was a showcased play in Playwriting Australia's National Play Festival. In 2018 Hell's Canyon was presented at the Old 505 Theatre in Sydney and La Mama Theatre in Melbourne. Hell's Canyon is published by Currency Press. Her play Daisy Moon Was Born This Way was commissioned by Q Theatre and performed at The Joan in 2017. Daisy Moon Was Born This Way is published by Currency Press. Her play versions of us was commissioned by Canberra Youth Theatre and performed at the Ralph Wilson Theatre in 2017. In 2018 Emily directed Faster for Canberra Youth Theatre, a new work devised with the teenage cast. Emily has worked as a script assessor and dramaturg for Playwriting Australia. In 2019 Emily is part of Melbourne Theatre Company's Women in Theatre program. Emily holds a Masters in Playwriting from the Victoria College of Arts (VCA).

Edition details

• Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1760628204
• ISBN 13: 9781760628208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78