Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, lovers, and the jagged bits of life in between. Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasure. Best friends tell each other everything, don’t they?
But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck.
Anita Heiss’ own adaptation of her much-loved novel is paying a visit from its home town in Brisbane as part of Sydney Festival’s Blak Out program.
1hr 30mins (no interval)
12th January, 2024
28th January, 2024
GETTING TO THE VENUE: Belvoir St Theatre is centrally located in Surry Hills, at 25 Belvoir Street, and close to a lot of major public transport.
BY TRAIN: The theatre is a five-minute walk from the Devonshire St/Chalmers St exit of Central Station.
BY LIGHT RAIL: The theatre is also a five-minute walk from Surry Hills Light Rail Stop and approximately seven-minute uphill walk from Chalmers Street Light Rail Stop.
BY BUS: Buses travel along Chalmers St, Elizabeth St and Cleveland St.
BY CAR: There is no onsite parking, but limited timed parking is available on the streets around the theatre. On Sundays parking is unlimited.
"This play wears its heart on its sleeve, an upbeat start to the year. Plenty of laughs, but there are serious questions that come out of it – about reading and writing in black and white Australia, about whatever reconciliation is now, and about the truths, half-truths and outright lies we tell ourselves." – Eamon Flack, Artistic Director of Belvoir
★★★★ "A heart-warming production... Highlighting deep bonds between women in our socierty" - Arts Hub
Writer: Anita Heiss
Co-Directors: Nadine McDonald-Dowd and Roxanne McDonald
Set & Costume Designer: Zoe Rouse
Associate Designer: Grace Deacon
Lighting Designer: Jason Glenwright
Sound Desiginer & Composer: Wil Hughes
Performance Psychologist: Shona Erskine
Song License: Letetia Harris
Stage Manager: Mia Kanzaki
Assistant Stage Manager: India Lively
Cast: Louise Brehmer, Lara Croydon, Sean Dow, Roxanne McDonald, Anna McMahon, Perry Mooney and Kaylah Truth
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