Mac Eochagain, Bridget

University of Sydney
Australia

Bridget Mac Eochagain (she/her) is a PhD student in the Theatre and Performance Studies Faculty at the University of Sydney. Her academic interests lie in contemporary political theatre, feminism and the intersection of consent culture with the ‘pornification’ of rape in entertainment cultures. Her PhD project is the cementing of Radical Rape Theatre as a sub-genre of political theatre, and positioning contemporary Australian plays that exist within this sphere.

Contributions

  • “Something has to change”
    Articles
    In April 2022, I found myself in the Harold Pinter Theatre on the West End, waiting to watch Jodie Comer star as protagonist Tessa Ensler in Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie. Surprised that after two years of on-and-off-again lockdowns due to COVID-19, I had finally made it all the way overseas to see this Australian play on the British stage, I asked the person next to me if they were...Read more
    M/C Journal Vol. 26 No. 4 (2023): wellbeing