In The News

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10 November 2025

sydneytheatrereviews.com

Writer–director–performer Eloise Aiken, this year’s Katie Lees Fellowship recipient, delivers the fruits of that award in Crotchless. It’s a feminist story that examines the radicalisation of young men. 

In the foyer after the show, Eloise and I spoke of the all-too-familiar conversations where men frame their misogyny as ‘payback’ for being called out by feminism. Crotchless skewers men’s cry to uphold anti-feminist propaganda.

5 November 2025 

theatrereds.com

This is a fine comedy. It’s written by Eloise Aiken, this year’s winner of the Katie Lees Fellowship.

The Fellowship is designed to support young female/female identifying theatre makers, and here it has once again shown itself to be a vital contribution to the Sydney theatre scene.

5 November 2025 

faithintheatres.com.au

Gen Z might be the most self-aware and sexually fluent generation yet, but they’re still fumbling through the same fog of identity that’s haunted every teenager since time began. 

Crotchless captures that confusion with all the clamour of five-minute TikToks, self-help podcasts, and a perpetual scroll of people telling you who to be and what to believe.

22 October 2025

nida.edu.au

First-year Dramatic Writing student Eloise Aiken is an emerging artist making her mark on the Sydney theatre scene. 

Her new play, Crotchless, has been supported by the Katie Lees Foundation, taking it from part of her submission for her NIDA application to a full production at Flight Path Theatre.