YES YES YES by Eleanor Bishop & Karin McCracken

Jamie and Ari like each other. Hannah and Tom do too ;)
They might be at two separate parties, but their stories are identical – until they really aren’t.

Part confession, part documentary, part open conversation, Yes Yes Yes is a theatre show created for young people to explore the knotty but very necessary topics of healthy relationships, consent, and desire. Combining innovative and engaging theatre craft with best practice consent education, Yes Yes Yes provides a safe emotional place for audiences to engage with challenging issues.

The show follows two storylines.
Performer, Hannah, tells her story. She met a guy called Tom at a party and slept with him that night.
Hannah tells the story in present time over the course of three monologues throughout the show. It’s an example of how hooking up can be fun, safe, and positive.
The other storyline follows Ari, a teenager, who also goes to a party and is sexually assaulted by someone called Jamie. This story begins after the fact, with Ari’s friends trying to figure out how to handle what happened. It’s told through audience participation: volunteers are invited to stand onstage at mics and read the script, together with Hannah.
Ari’s story covers what consent isn’t, how a survivor may feel after an assault, and how we can usefully talk to our friends and family after a sexual violence disclosure. These two powerful stories are punctuated with a series of video interviews with a diverse range of young people – selected from consent workshops run in schools by the creators Eleanor and Karin.
These offer key perspectives on dating, sex and relationships direct from the mouths of a diverse group of teenagers. At two points throughout the show, audience members are invited to reflect by text shared anonymously on screen via polling software. This allows audience members to safely share, connect and reflect.

Please note: The 5.30pm performance will include a pre-show Foyer Expo as well as a Panel Q&A following the performance with Lets Talk Colac, Headspace Colac, Read The Play Inc., Barwon Community Legal Service, and Yes Yes Yes performer Hannah Kelly.