Theatre show tackles the tricky subject of consent education

The award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand production YES YES YES is undertaking an Australian tour as consent education is mandated in schools.
Karin McCracken, second from right, with students. Image supplied.

Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken are the brains behind a new theatre production that seeks to explore issues around sexual consent and examine what makes for healthy relationships. YES YES YES has been described as: ‘a funny, generous and innovative piece of contemporary theatre that speaks directly to some of the most pressing issues young people face today’.

They subsequently developed Jane Doe into a local version with McCracken as performer and Bishop as director. They toured it around Aotearoa New Zealand, then took it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and also to Australia.

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Suzannah Conway is an experienced arts administrator, having been CEO of Opera Queensland, the Brisbane Riverfestival and the Centenary of Federation celebrations for Queensland. She is a freelance arts writer and has been writing reviews and articles for over 20 years, regularly reviewing classical music, opera and musical theatre in particular for The Australian and Limelight magazine as well as other journals. Most recently she was Arts Hub's Brisbane-based Arts Feature Writer.