With Flat Earthers: The Musical, Lou Wall and their ex, playwright Jean Tong, craft a love story for the chronically online generation Z.
Comedian Lou Wall has always wanted to write a musical. Now, they've achieved that dream with Flat Earthers , on now at Hayes Theatre Co . Lou Wall didn't own a laptop until they were 16 years old, in year 11. Now aged 28, they're chronically online.
"If theatre wants to attract new, young audiences, it has to interact with online culture," says Wall. The musical follows Flick and Ria as they fall in love online – except Flick is a conspiracy theorist, who believes the earth is flat .Most people in lockdown tried out new hobbies like baking or learning a language. Comedian Lou Wall tried infiltrating the Illuminati.
"Jean is a genius in terms of structure and narrative," says Wall. "And for me, whose brain is just like, 'I love songs', it's been so nice to work with someone who has all the technical skill that also allows me to put in batshit-crazy ideas."Growing up in Cooma, in regional NSW, Wall hadn't been exposed to queer theatre or comedy. Instead, they grew up a fan of Mike Myers movies like Cat in the Hat and Shrek, and watched Fawlty Towers with their parents.
Now, Wall is part of a wave of visible non-binary and queer women comedians on Australian stages and screens: including It's about the year they split up, 2023, as chronicled through 69 things that made them laugh through the pain.While it was a year Wall dubbed the worst of their life, they started to see career success, earning their first TV presenting gig on
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