WIFE

by SAMUEL ADAMSON

8 October – 2 November 2024

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

“The truth is we have to give up parts of ourselves if we want to be with someone.”

A love-letter to the power of theatre, and a decades-hopping investigation into marriage, queerness and gender.

Daisy is at a crossroads. Her moral compass tells her to go one way, society the other. What she chooses to do next will have consequences not just for her and her husband, but for four couples over the next ninety years.

With Ibsen’s classic drama of marital discord, A Doll’s House, as its unifying device, the play ranges across the fifties, the eighties, the present and the future.

In expat Australian playwright Samuel Adamson’s highly original dramedy, we meet intertwined characters, gay and straight, over generations, all invested in some way with the concept of ‘wife’, Ibsen’s rebellious Nora being the benchmark against which they judge themselves.

“Challenging and thought-provoking, brimming with pathos, politics and laugh-out-loud moments” Diva Magazine

creative team

Director Darrin Redgate
Set Designer David Marshall-Martin
Lighting Designer Jay Murrin
Sound Designer Matthew Forbes
Costume Designers Aibhlinn Stokes, Burley Stokes
Assistant Director Caroline L George
Stage Manager Radhika Lal
ASM Carissa Quintana
Operators Alice-Rose Nolan Lucchetti, Guy Verge Wallace

cast

Alison Brooker, Henry Lopez Lopez
Will Manton, Imogen Trevillion
Julia Vosnakis, Pete Walters

dates/times

Preview Tue 8 Oct 7:30pm
Opening Night Wed 9 Oct 7:30pm
Thu – Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm
Final performance Sat 2 Nov 2pm

Running time: to be advised

Please note: latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance

tickets

Full $37
Concessions, Groups (6+) $32
New Theatre Members $25
Thrifty Thursdays $25
Preview $20
(Booking and transaction fees apply)

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★★★★½ “A deliciously layered play and a thought-provoking production.” It’s On The House

“Adamson’s very witty script is an artful, intriguing voyage through generations of gay and straight relationships.” Stage Whispers

“Imaginative, pointedly witty, and thought-provoking” Suzy Goes See

“A challenging and enjoyable take on Ibsen’s ‘A Dolls House’ that explores our acceptance of diversity and humanity.” Theatre Thoughts

“Excitingly, this play applies a queer lens to the perennial discussion of the politics of personal relationships.” Theatre Red

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QR code and vaccination checks are no longer required.
Face masks are not mandatory, but recommended.

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