Ride or Die – Stories of Female Friendship
This show is for the women who’ve walked beside us through it all.
The friendships that hold us through the chaos, the milestones, the mess and the magic.
The ride or dies.
The ones who get us without needing the full story.
Join us for a night of unforgettable true stories celebrating the beauty, heartbreak and deep joy of female friendship and the women who make life sweeter just by being in it.
💫 Our Performer Line-Up
Team 20s: Iris Warren is a recent graduate from WAAPA’s bachelor of Performance making. Iris is an emerging playwright and theatre maker, who focuses of feminist storytelling and wants to bring underrepresented stories to the stage.
Team 30s: Dr Megan Burslem is a radio and TV host, violist and musicologist best known for hosting Classic Breakfast on ABC Classic and Front Row with Megan Burslem, Australia Day Live and the Classic 100 in Concert on ABC TV. Megan is a country kid from Lakes Entrance with a PhD in ethnomusicology and deep love of all music, but especially classical. She makes music conversations accessible, funny, and real both on screen and on stage. And she's pretty damn good at quoting 90s action films too.
Team 40s: Candy Bowers is a multi-award-winning writer/performer/director and NIDA graduate who has created outstanding work for the stage, page and screen. Career highlights include curating Afrocentric at the Triennial (NGV International), touring MC Platypus & Queen Koala to over 300 schools in Queensland and writing on Aussie animation Happy House (ABC).
Team 50s: Beci Orpin is a Brunswick-based multidisciplinary artist, designer and author known for her signature use of colour, shape and optimism. She has collaborated with Apple, Google and The Australian Ballet, and led workshops at NGV, Craft Victoria and Melbourne Design Week. Beci has authored and illustrated 11 books, and in 2024 created her largest installation to date—a giant soft toy rabbit commissioned by the Immigration Museum.
Team 60s: Sara Timms is a storyteller who enjoys sharing stories about her many journeys, her love of cooking vegetarian food and the many small pleasures of life. Sara is a schoolteacher working in Special schools where she has a number of different roles that focus on student, staff and community welfare. Sara also practices and teaches yoga for her spirit.
Team 70s Rosemary Johns is a playwright, actor and director passionate about creating new Australian work. Her plays “Carrying Shoes into the Unknown”, “Stray” and “As Told by the Boys Who Fed Me Apples” published by Currency Press, have featured on the VCE syllabus. Upcoming stage roles include “Are you There” (Theatre Works).
About Generation Women
Generation Women is a global storytelling movement that celebrates women’s voices across the decades.
Founded in New York in 2017, Generation Women launched in Sydney in 2018 and Melbourne in 2020. Every show features six storytellers — one from each decade of life, from her 20s to her 70s+ — sharing original stories on a shared theme.
Why Generation Women Australia?
Generation Women Australia is proudly award-winning and is the only chapter in the world to offer an ongoing membership program, giving our community even more ways to connect, belong and grow between shows.
This event is presented by Generation Women Australia, founded by Donna Logue.
The show will be hosted by Rebecca Lister.
Generation Women was originally created by Georgia Clark in New York.