HEMLINES
★★★★
BroadwayBaby
“Something wholly unique”
★★★★½
InDaily Adelaide
“The collective hit gold”
Award Winner
Darwin Fringe Festival 2026
★★★★
Theatre & Art Review UK
“Perfectly crafted and performed”
Dive into the delightful and daring world of Hemlines!
A fresh and provocative piece of musical theatre that balances on the razor’s edge between the silly and the serious. Three fates, Doris, Flossy, and Eleanor, control the world’s affairs through the garments they sew. But when one dares to break the pattern, long-buried secrets unravel. Packed with clever humour, inventive movement, and bold visual storytelling, this high-energy show weaves together sisterhood, resilience, and empowerment, sweeping audiences through a whirlwind of music, myth, and mayhem.
Devised by Alicia Badger, Madison Chippendale, Lana Filies and Amelia Gilday
Performed by Alicia Badger, Madison Chippendale and Lana Filies
Directed and Composed by Amelia Gilday
Development supported by Shopfront Arts Co-Op Open Shop Residencies and the bAKEHOUSE Step Up program.
Alicia Badger
She/Her
Deviser / Performer
About Alicia
Madison Chippendale
She/Her
Deviser / Performer
About Maddison
Madison Chippendale (she/her) is a performance maker and actor. She graduated from the University of Wollongong in 2011 & was part of the PACT Ensemble show Beguiled the same year. She was the 2013 recipient of the BBM Award for theatre and travelled to the UK and Europe where she interned with Reckless Sleepers (Belgium) and Pacitti Co’s SPILL Festival (UK). In 2017 Madison devised her first solo work to date – Maddie is Hamlet – performing it at Crack Theatre Festival at This is Not Art in Newcastle and again at PACT Theatre in 2018 as part of the PACT Salon Artifice/Interface. In 2022, she was a member of the Shopfront Harness Ensemble, devising and performing in the award nominated Where Shall We Meet? Most recently Madison presented 30-50 Feral Hogs at the Real Festival in Penrith for Q Theatre and has been selected as a participant of the 2024 KxT on Broadway Step Up program for emerging & early career artists. Some of her previous theatre credits include: Audrey in As You Like It with Such Stuff Productions, Agnes in A Dream Play directed by Tim Maddock, Hamletmachine directed by Chris Ryan, Kate in As I Lay Dreaming directed by Catherine McKinnon.
Lana Filies
She/Her
Deviser / Performer
About Lana
Described as ‘The one to watch’ (Theatre Travels) Lana Filies is a South African/ Australian Actor, Writer, Director, Singer, Theatre-Maker, and Choreographer who grew up on Dharawal Country and currently resides on Gadigal land. Her devised practice aims to champion women’s voices and create work that sparks conversation and has a social impact. She graduated from the University of Wollongong in 2018 with a Bachelor of Performance (Acting.) Currently Lana is
the Head Drama Teacher at Shopfront Arts Co-Op, leading Young People in weekly drama workshops.
Currently, Lana is developing ‘Squatchwatch’ (Vaguely Adjacent) ’and ‘Our Hearts Beat’ (Karen Cummings) as apart of the Merrigong X Program. Her Independent works in development are ‘Hemlines’ (Moon Bureau), ‘Wally’ (Moon Bureau/Vaguely Adjacent), ULTRA (Lana Filies and Sammy Read). Lana wrote and starred in her debut play ‘Expiration Date’ (produced by Purple Tape Productions) at Adelaide Fringe (March 2023) and Meraki Arts Bar (April-May 2023).
Lana is a proud MEEA Member
Amelia Gilday
They/Them
Director / Composer
About Amelia
Amelia Gilday is a director, producer, writer and composer. Most recently, Amelia directed Bow and Apple (Bus Stop Films), directed Wally by Nick Vagne at KXT on Broadway, toured their new musical Hemlines around Australia and to Prague and London, and directed The Losers (YAA Films).
Amelia hold’s a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Theatre from The University of Notre Dame, an Advanced Diploma of Music Creation and Composition, and a Master of Applied Theatre from the University of New England. They co-directed ShopFront Arts Co-op’s When I Grow Up and were recognised as an OFA 30 Under 30 Winner in 2024. Currently, they are developing several new works with support from Critical Path, The Pavillion PAC Sutherland and ATYP. Amelia’s also a resident artist with KXT/bAKEHOUSE.
Images by Jamie Simmons
