BUTCH
A queer, female-driven series about dating...and dogs.
About
The show.
Ex-lovers, Tiff & Gem are forced back together to co-parent their all knowing (and talking) dog, Butch. But no matter how hard they try to move on, Gem and Tiff keep seeing each other in all their new dates.
When ever-emerging artist Gem, is caught with another woman at her own surprise engagement party, her girlfriend, uptight accountant Tiff, calls off the seven year relationship.
Tiff processes the break-up through microwaved hot dogs and re-runs of the L Word, whereas Gem falls into the arms of multiple ‘one night only’ lovers. That is, until their dog, the all seeing and talking Butch, stages an emergency trip to the vet, forcing them back in the same room. Each episode, under the narration of Butch, Gem and Tiff struggle to forge new romantic connections, all the while trying to prove to each other they are better off. Complicating their attempts to move on, Gem and Tiff see one another in each of their new dates. (A cast of characters played by the same actors as Gem and Tiff). Like a child from a broken home, Butch tries to sabotage her fur-mums attempts at finding new love. We are left wondering- will Tiff and Gem find love and will it be with each other?
About
Our pack.
Holly Austin
Producer >> Writer >> Tiff/Kinderbah
Holly Austin is one of Australia’s most versatile multi-disciplinary performers celebrated for her individuality in theatre making and her unique vocal dexterity.
Graduating from NIDA in 2003, Holly was a recipient of The Mike Walsh Fellowship and The Ian Potter Cultural Grant. She studied improvisation at Second City and iO in Chicago and Clowning with Pierre Byland in Switzerland. She was recently co-awarded The Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights.
She has a vast number of screen and theatre credits to her name. Most recently she performed in Theatre of Image’s production of Little Beauty and State Theatre Company of South Australia’s Popular Mechanicals. She was a writer and performer for The Comedy Channel's Open Slather and appeared in the Nine Network’s House Husbands (Series 5).
Holly has created a number of projects for theatre and television in collaboration with Adriano Cappelletta, including Ruby’s Wish (Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Arts Centre, Belvoir), CuBBYHOuSE (the Public Theater NYC, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Blue Room), Ultimate Fanj (ABC iview) and Connie Chang’s Cabaret Roadshow (Sydney Opera House Studio, Sydney Comedy Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Great Escape Festival).
Holly is also a musician and beatboxer and has performed with the likes of Martha Wainwright, John Butler, MC Common, and Amanda Palmer. In 2017, Holly performed in the South by South West Festival in Austin, Texas.
Zoe McDonald
Producer >> Writer >> Gem/Werner
Zoe McDonald is a writer, actor and comedian.
She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts Music Theatre course in 2008. Since then, she has performed and written for theatre and television.
She debuted her one woman show FOMO: The Fear of Missing Out at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2013, and was a recipient of the Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Ready Award. This led to sell-out seasons in Adelaide and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Zoe debuted internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014, with the Huffington Post UK naming Zoe as one of the “Four female comedians to watch at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014.” In 2016 Zoe returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Malthouse Theatre) with her multi-character comedy Good Morning Mofo. She was named one of “Three must-see women” at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, alongside Celia Pacquola and Hannah Gadsby.
In 2015 Zoe was part of the writing team for sketch comedy series Open Slather on Foxtel’s Comedy Channel and in 2017 starred in the award winning web series Sexy Herpes. Zoe graduated with a Masters in Screenwriting from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2018.
In 2020, Zoe received support from ABC Fresh Start to develop a comedy/crime series.
Videos
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Butch Pilot has been doing the rounds of North America, most recently screening at NEWFEST, New York's LGBTIQA+ Film Festival in October 2019.
Meanwhile, Butch creators Zoe and Holly are cooking up some magic in the writers room, so stay tuned for news via the DIG UP THE DIRT blog on our site and our socials for updates on the show.
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