This month Theatre Group will be seeing Avalanche: A Love Story. Direct from London it stars acclaimed British actor Maxine Peake and is a compelling story of hope and longing.
By Julia Leigh
Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks
When a woman rekindles an early love in her late 30s her whole life changes. Deeply in love, she and her new husband want to have a child together and they make an appointment at an IVF clinic. So begins this story, inspired by the writer Julia Leigh’s own personal memoir.
This international co-production with the Barbican Theatre was praised as “a must-hear story for our times” (Go London) on its UK premiere. It lays bare the daily oscillation between hope and doubt in a drama we can all relate to – about the dreams we have for ourselves, the hopes we have for our futures, and the goals we have for our families.
Acclaimed for her “capacity for emotional directness and a fierce, uncensored honesty” (The Guardian), Maxine Peake is a prolific theatre, television and film actor. Australian audiences will know her from her astounding range of work, including Netflix’s Black Mirror, cult favourite TV show Shameless, and an extensive list of BBC dramas. Sydney-born director Anne-Louise Sarks has been making waves in Europe and this production brings her back to her hometown for her first work with STC.
Avalanche: A Love Story is a Barbican Theatre and Fertility Fest production, co-produced by Sydney Theatre Company and Audible.
DATE: Tuesday 3 September 2019
TIME: 6.30pm – 1hr 45 mins (no interval)
VENUE: Roslyn Packer Theatre, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW 2000
TICKETS: We have purchased our A Reserve Senior Concession tickets for $93 each. To buy your tickets visit www.sydneytheatrecompany.com
(NOTE: Transaction fees may apply – $7.50 online; $8 telephone; $0 Box Office counter)
POST-THEATRE SUPPER & CHAT (Optional): You are welcome to join us after the performance for supper and a chat at Ventuno, 7/21 Hickson Road (on the wharf side opposite the theatre). It offers casual Italian food until 10.00pm. We will book a table when we know the numbers.
RSVP TO: Judith Nguyen at [email protected] by Tuesday 27 August 2019
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THEATRE GROUP – Looking Ahead
Wednesday 9 October – The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (STC/Opera Drama Theatre)
Thursday 28 November – Packer & Sons by Tommy Murphy (Belvoir)
Wednesday 11 December – The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (Ensemble)