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'Trigger Warning sees the return of Dave – a meat-headed standup with a low slung ponytail, stonewashed jeans and plenty of dick jokes – who suffers an epic meltdown on stage in such a fashion that will leave you bewildered, challenged and completely hysterical long after you have left the show.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Production Details
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First produced as part of the 2016 Melbourne Comedy Festival.
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Interview With Zoe Coombs Marr
2019
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— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 75 2019; (p. 101-125)'Zoe Coombs Marr is a multi-award-winning standup comedian, writer, director and theatre-maker. Since Trigger Warning, Zoe has retired Dave and returned to standup as herself. Whereas Trigger Warning was about public shaming, which again is a lot about the audience: how do you manifest that idea in the space through the framework the jokes hang off? Even when I'm making theatre, I'm aiming to making the audience laugh.' (Publication abstract)
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The Critic in the Episode 'Guilt'
2016
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— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September no. 31 2016; (p. 5-7) The Best of The Lifted Brow Volume Two 2017; ' "I stood there examining my body beneath the stream of water and decided, I don't want my body anymore. I was terrified of it, I didn't know what had been in it, if it had been contaminated, who had touched it. I wanted to take off my body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital with everything else. On that morning, all that I was told was that I had been found behind a dumpster, potentially penetrated by a stranger, and that I should get retested for HIV because results don't always show up immediately. But for now, I should go home and get back to my normal life. Imagine stepping back into the world with only that information."' (Publication abstract) -
Australian Theatre 2016 : The 10 Most Groundbreaking Shows by Women
2016
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 21 December 2016;
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Australian Theatre 2016 : The 10 Most Groundbreaking Shows by Women
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 21 December 2016; -
The Critic in the Episode 'Guilt'
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September no. 31 2016; (p. 5-7) The Best of The Lifted Brow Volume Two 2017; ' "I stood there examining my body beneath the stream of water and decided, I don't want my body anymore. I was terrified of it, I didn't know what had been in it, if it had been contaminated, who had touched it. I wanted to take off my body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital with everything else. On that morning, all that I was told was that I had been found behind a dumpster, potentially penetrated by a stranger, and that I should get retested for HIV because results don't always show up immediately. But for now, I should go home and get back to my normal life. Imagine stepping back into the world with only that information."' (Publication abstract) -
Interview With Zoe Coombs Marr
2019
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 75 2019; (p. 101-125)'Zoe Coombs Marr is a multi-award-winning standup comedian, writer, director and theatre-maker. Since Trigger Warning, Zoe has retired Dave and returned to standup as herself. Whereas Trigger Warning was about public shaming, which again is a lot about the audience: how do you manifest that idea in the space through the framework the jokes hang off? Even when I'm making theatre, I'm aiming to making the audience laugh.' (Publication abstract)
