Killing katie: Confessions of a book club
ensemble theatre company · january - february 2022
Presented at Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli NSW
Set & Costume Design Tobhiyah Stone Feller
Everyone has a nemesis. And for Robyn (Kate Raison, TWO), Queen Bee of her long running book club, that nemesis comes in the form of free-spirited and luminous Katie (Chantelle Jamieson, STC’s STILL POINT TURNING: THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY). When Katie is invited to join the group, Robyn’s once steady kingdom is rocked by her exuberance and carefree honesty. Katie is next-level annoying, and Robyn swiftly sets about enacting a plan to eject her from her precious book club, with shocking and unexpected consequences.
Laugh-out-loud funny and brutally honest, KILLING KATIE re-opens the book on female alliances, guilt and the mysterious forces that can either make or break a friendship group. With a hilarious ensemble cast of five extraordinary women, don’t miss Tracey Trinder’s slice of book noir.
Text attribution: Ensemble Theatre
“With a raised section that serves to highlight various parts of the narrative, the production also utilises the stairs for some small scenes leaving the onstage set design to be nominal and very clever, with surprises.’
— Reviews by Judith
“Designer Tobhiyah Stone Feller has designed a set that centres the action – with one or two more elaborate features! She has studied Trinder’s characters carefully and ensured their costumes mirror their personalities. Colour and texture are important in her design and add their own rhythm and cadence to the tempo – and humour – of the production.”
— Carol Wimmer, Stage Whispers
“Tobhiyah Stone Feller’s set and costume designs are suitably whimsical and colourful, proving effective in foregrounding amusing aspects of the story.”
— Suzy Wrong, Suzy Goes See
Credits & Acknowledgements
Set & Costume Design Tobhiyah Stone Feller
Director Francesca Savige
Playwright Tracey Trinder
Sound Design Daryl Wallis
Lighting Design Kelsey Lee
Production Management Romy McKanna
Stage Manager Lauren Tulloh
Assistant Stage Manager Erin Shaw
Costume Supervisor Renata Beslik Set Construction Pier Productions
Cast Valerie Bader, Chantelle Jamieson, Bron LIm, Kate Raison, Georgina Symes
Photographer Lisa Tomasetti