Garage Girls: A night of storytelling magic

Alice Anderson and her All Girl Garage are coming to town!

Produced by:
Three Birds Theatre & The Shift Theatre

Touring Window:
Jul-Aug 2025
& Apr-Oct 2026 for national touring

Genre:
Radio Play, Theatre

Suitable Venues:
Mainstage, Black Box, Studio Theatre, Community Hall, Museum, Automobile Garage 

Duration:
70 minutes

Audience:
13+
(Contains adult themes and loud sound effects)

Synopsis

Garage Girls: A night of storytelling magic with five actors playing many colourful characters.

Meet Alice Anderson. Mechanic. Trailblazer. Entrepreneur. She’s the girl who knows her way around a Hups, Dodge and Austin better than anyone.

Imagine… it’s the 1920’s! Society reels from the aftermath of war and a second wave of Spanish flu wreaks havoc on the streets. Women’s fashion sets startling trends and the city hums with the music of the motor car. One small woman defies convention and makes her mark.

Inspired by Alice Anderson’s short but eventful life, Garage Girls will take you from Melbourne’s mysterious underbelly to the remote deserts of Alice Springs. An energetic and fast-paced 70 minute theatrical romp, showcasing dynamic sound design  – Garage Girls is a rollicking ride celebrating an Australian icon.

Garage Girls is a show for car-lovers, story-lovers, history-lovers and audiences young and old.

Welcome to Miss Anderson’s All Girl Garage!

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Three Birds Theatre is a Green Room Award-nominated, independent theatre company established in 2015 by Candace Miles, Madelaine Nunn and Anna Rodway (graduates of the Victorian College of the Arts). Three Birds has swiftly gained recognition as exciting innovators of sharp, comedy driven theatre, devoted to bringing female focused stories to the stage.

The Shift Theatre is focused on presenting dynamic works with strong roles for women, both from existing texts and in the development of new works. Since 2009, they have produced acclaimed works of longevity with a solid touring history proven regionally, nationally and internationally.

Venue Radio Play

This show is touring as a Radio Play which can be performed in any location, suitable for Community Presenters. It can be highly flexible and can bring any inspired location to life.  

Community Centres/Halls, Old Garage, Car Museum, Gallery, Library Arts Spaces

(If interested in the full theatre production, more suited to PACs, please get in touch for further details.)

  • Drive your vintage car to the venue (we would love to see these beauties after the show!)
  • Dress in an outfit from the 1920s.
  • Host a masterclass on automobile servicing e.g. ‘How to change a tyre’.
  • Collect audience patrons around town in your Hupmobile and drop them off at the venue.
  • Group tickets: car clubs, historical societies, women in trades, book clubs, Year 11 and 12 drama students.
  • Raffle ticket to win a copy of A Spanner in the Works by Loretta Smith.
  • Country Women’s Association – baking 1920s inspired recipes from the pioneering women in their own family histories.
  • Host a rally of vintage vehicles outside your venue.
  • Encourage the audience to bring in found objects from their garages- jerry cans, rusted barrels, wheels – these offerings can become part of the world of the show and help us to ‘dress’ the set.
  • Display stories of the area in the foyer through displays/installations/tactile experiences. Was there a pioneering woman in your town whose story you could showcase in the foyer? What about capturing the stories of the mechanics in the area and the history of the local garage?
  • Q & A about the creation of the show and Alice Anderson’s story.
  • A local musician to play 1920s piano in the foyer prior to the show.
  • Get interested Year 12 students to assist with the bump-in and learn about teching a show from our SM.
  • A talk from the local historical society.
  • A dinner with women in trades/women led start-ups/emerging businesses before the show.

Fees

Weekly Fee Range:      $19,000 – $20,500

Royalties: 12%

APRA: N/A

Book

Contact the Touring Team to talk about your program. Please let us know which show you are interested in and provide us with your contact details. Then one of our touring team will be in touch.

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“The ensemble sketches the garage workers with comic charm and a palpable sense of excitement”

The Age

‘Garage Girls, with its witty dialogue and entertaining ensemble work, won’t disappoint”

ArtsHub

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