Every Second
by Vanessa Bates
Venue
Bluestone Church Arts Space
8A Hyde Street, Footscray
Date and time (of relaxed performances)
3.00pm Saturday 22 May
3.00pm Saturday 29 May
Duration
Approximately 80 minutes (no interval)
What is a Relaxed Performance?
Things that are included in a relaxed performance:
The sound effects and music will be a little bit softer than in a regular show.
We keep the house lights on low, so there are no moments of complete or near darkness.
The actors and crew all expect there to be noise and movement from the audience.
We’ll make sure there’s enough space between seats so you can move around comfortably in your seat.
You can get up and move around if you want or need to – there’s a ‘quiet’ area away from the stage, plenty of room in the foyer for pacing, and you can step outside if you need to.
Our Front of House Manager is ready to help if you need it.
Getting to the venue
Venue location
The performance will be at Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8A Hyde Street Footscray. The venue is on the corner of Hyde Street and Lawson Place.
Public Transport
Train From Flinders Street Station: Take the train to Footscray Station and then walk 500m to the venue (it’ll take about 4 minutes).
Parking: There is a carpark behind the building (accessible from Lawson Place) that has untimed parking on Saturdays. There is also street parking on Hyde Street.
Venue access information
Wheelchair and mobility device access
The Lawson Place entrance is wheelchair accessible. You can access it directly from Lawson Place, or via the path along the side of the building if you approach from Hyde Street.
The venue is arranged to allow for wheelchair access and seating. To make sure we can arrange seating to suit your specific access requirements, please email hello@witinc.com.au.
All areas of the foyer are wheelchair accessible, and there is an accessible toilet.
D/deaf and Hard of Hearing access
The Relaxed Performance will not be Auslan interpreted. We have an Auslan-interpreted performance on Friday 28 May 2021.
Companion Card booking
To book for someone to attend using a Companion Card, please email hello@witinc.com.au.
Other access requirements
If you have any other access requirements that you’d like us to know about, you can email us at hello@witinc.com.au.
Venue images
Venue images
If you approach the venue from Hyde Street, you’ll see the front of the old church building with a large bitumen area in front of it and grass on either side of the bitumen. There is also a sign at the front of the building, near the footpath.
From there, you can enter through the Hyde St entrance (which has four steps) or go along the path to your right to find the Lawson Place entrance (which is wheelchair accessible.
That path also leads to the carpark at the back of the building.
If you come in through the Hyde Street door, you'll see the bar and box office to your left. This is where you can check in for the show or buy a ticket if you need to. You can also buy popcorn, hot drinks, beer, wine and soft drink. Water is available for free from a jug on the bar. You can pay with cash or by eftpos.
There is a toilet block inside the Hyde Street door. Toilets are not assigned by gender, so you can use any toilet you like.
If you come in through the Lawson Place entrance, you’ll see the stage and seating. You’re allowed to walk on the stage, and can walk through the space to find the box office, bar and bathroom at the Hyde Street end of the building.
Audience members are allowed to take a seat in the performance space as soon as they arrive. You’re allowed to walk across the white/grey stage area - please just don’t walk on the lake (this will be signposted).
Seating isn’t allocated - you can sit on any seat you like. If you have access requirements that include a particular assigned seat, email us at hello@witinc.com.au.
Stage Plan
Show notes
Every Second is a comedy drama. There’s a lot of moments that are very funny, and also some serious and sad moments in the show. We anticipate that the audience will make noise by laughing at times in the show.
This show is staged in traverse. That means there’s a long stage in the middle of the room, with audience seating on both sides. You will be able to see the audience on the far end of the stage.
Every Second includes a lot of sound effects. They will be played at a lower level during the relaxed performance.
Some of these sound effects are background noise and music. Some of the sound effects are things like phones or alarms. There are a few scenes with songs playing throughout.
There is no strobe lighting in this performance. There is use of some moving lights, spotlights and colour-changing, non-strobing lights.
There are five entrances that performers will use to enter and exit the stage - three on one end of the stage and two on the other.
There is one dance in the performance. It is intended to be funny and not serious.
There is no audience participation in this performance. It is unlikely any actor will make eye contact with you. Performers will not get closer than 1 metre to the audience
Every Second contains some difficult themes and frequent moments of heightened emotion. More detail is below under content warnings.
Performer images
The show is performed by four people.
Lansy Feng (she/her)
as Jen
Riley Nottingham (he/him)
as Tim
Madeleine Magee Carr (she/her) as Meg
Richard Mealey (he/him)
as Bill
Content warnings
Reading the content list may give you some hints or generalised spoilers about the plot of the show. If you would like any additional details about the show and it’s content, just email hello@witinc.com.au.
Swearing or coarse language
F*ck / F*cking - 30 times throughout the script, by multiple characters.
C*nt - once
Sh*t / Bullsh*t - 10 times throughout the script, by multiple characters.
Cr*p - twice
D*amn - twice
Tw*t - once
Depiction of sex and/or intimacy on stage
Depiction of sex - Meg and Tim are having a picnic in the park and decide to have sex on a park bench. There is partial nudity.
Depiction of sex - Meg and Tim do a strip tease for each other and have sex on the bed. There is partial nudity.
Depiction of intimacy - Jen and Bill share a kiss.
Note all sex is simulated and not real.
Discussion of sex
All characters regularly discuss having sex in the interest of conceiving.
Tim discusses having an affair.
Meg discusses sleeping with a stranger.
Depiction of medical process
IVF Needle: Jen tries to inject herself in the stomach with IVF needles.
IVF Trigger Shot: Jen is injected in the bottom by Bill with an IVF trigger shot.
Severe emotional display
Voices raised in anger or frustration: Meg, Tim and Jen all raise their voices in anger or frustration.
Crying or tantrum: Jen has a tantrum when she is unable to give herself her IVF needle.
Erratic behaviour: Meg is depicted as being unreasonable consumed by a taxi she keeps seeing parked across the road. Meg is also depicted as being consumed by a woman who got hit by a car.
Self-injurious behaviour
Self-medication with alcohol: Meg drinks a lot of wine, vodka and gin after a fight with Tim, and becomes very drunk.
Non-inclusive language
The word ‘skank’ is used to repeat the language used by an unseen little boy.
The word ‘strumpet’ is used to describe the woman Tim has an affair with.
The word ‘stupid’ is used seven times to describe various characters
Mental illness
Anxiety: Frequent depiction of the signs and symptoms of anxiety, including alcohol misuse, erratic behaviour, racing thoughts, avoidance.
Contact us
If you need any further information about the show or the performance, if you have specific access requirements, or if you need anything else, please email hello@witinc.com.au
Once you have seen the show, please let us know if you notice anything else that needs a content warning or if there is anything else we can do to improve our relaxed performances.
