Have Yourself a Passive Aggressive Christmas sees old rivals raise a glass to the season as jealousy gets a shot in the arm from ‘the spirit of Christmas’ when the school committee meets to discuss the all-important end-of-year concert. Who will play Mary and how much might their father have quietly offered the P & C in return? Will the specially commissioned  ‘reborn’ baby Jesus live up to expectations? The air bristles with tension as two women, punch drunk with small-time power, bob and weave their way around each other, waiting for the other to come out swinging. Then the bell rings. Round one has begun …

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Premiered at Verge Gallery, Sydney as part of The Earlwood Farm Christmas Climate Change Variety Hour.

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Created and written: Karen Gee

Movement direction: Karen Gee

Fight direction: Felicity Steel

Devised and performed by Ellipsis: Karen Gee, Felicity Steel