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About Sunday at Melbourne Theatre Company
By Anthony Weigh
Directed by Sarah Goodes
A FANTASY OF LIFE AT HEIDE
Starring Nikki Shiels (Girls & Boys, The Picture of Dorian Gray), this world premiere Melbourne Theatre Company commission is an audacious fantasy inspired by the stories and myths that surround Heide Museum of Modern Art founder Sunday Reed – the muse and mentor to a circle of artists including Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester.
Sunday Reed isn’t like most women. In fact, she’s not like most men. Outspoken, uninhibited, adventurous, she has a laser eye for the new – in life and in art. When struggling artist Sidney Nolan arrives at Heide, the idyllic utopia Sunday is creating with her beloved husband John Reed on the outskirts of 1940s Melbourne, what ensues will haunt all three to their dying days. And in the aftermath, Australian art will never look the same.
Award-winning playwright Anthony Weigh (2,000 Feet Away) creates a fantasy around this Melbourne icon that captures her passionate and unconventional spirit. Directed by Sarah Goodes (The Sound Inside) and also featuring Matt Day (North by Northwest) and Ratidzo Mambo (The Heartbreak Choir), Sunday is an unforgettable story of a bold and complex woman and the price she paid for living and loving on her own terms as a woman in mid-20th century Australia.
Start date
January 16th, 2023
End date
February 21st, 2023
Categories
Age
Recommended Age: 16yrs+ Warning: Contains the use of herbal cigarettes and theatrical haze, coarse language, sexual references and some nudity.
Venue
Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Accessibility
Wheelchair access is via the front entrance on Southbank Boulevard. There are lifts to all levels. The foyer offer tables and chairs at wheelchair height, and a low bar service area.
Directions
GETTING TO THE VENUE
BY TRAM: For routes travelling up and down St Kilda Road (1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 and 72) you can alight at the Arts Centre stop and walk to Southbank Theatre. Route 1 goes down Southbank Boulevard, and stops on Sturt Street just outside Melbourne Recital Centre (located next to the Southbank Theatres).
BY TRAIN: Southbank Theatre is within easy distance of Flinders Street Station. After exiting the station, walked south down St Kilda Road.
BY CAR: Wilson Parking has multiple paid options available: Roverside Quay, Southgate, Eureka or Flingers Gate car parks. Please note, these are paid carparks.
More information about Sunday at Melbourne Theatre Company
★★★★★ "A world-class performance. In fact, it's a world-class production." - The Guardian
★★★★★ "A visually stunning world." - Theatre Thoughts
★★★★½ "A brilliantly realised ode to some of the most important figures in modern Australian art." - Limelight
★★★★½ "A sumptuous production." - ArtsHub
"Anthony Weigh’s play is a gem." - The Times UK (on Like a Fishbone)
"Fabulously ambitious." - Stage Noise (on 2,000 Feet Away)
Writer: Anthony Weigh
Director: Sarah Goodes
Cast: Matt Day, Ratidzo Mambo, Josh Mcconville, Nikki Shiels, Joshua Tighe
Tickets
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