Six women on the brink… which one are you?
Multi-award winning Australian playwright and author Joanna Murray-Smith’s highly acclaimed play Bombshells is a journey from crisis to hilarity. It comes to Melbourne on Tuesday 23 September until Sunday 28 September at the Malthouse Theatre.
Six monologues explore six women balancing their inner and outer lives with humour and often desperate cunning – ranging in age from a feisty teenager to a 64-year-old widow yearning for the unexpected.
This extraordinary one woman show stars acclaimed performer, Christen O’Leary. It is directed by David Bell.
‘Many of us are trying to lead multiple lives: child, mother, wife, lover, star, giving small doses of oxygen to each and imploding under the weight of so many competing roles. The women I have written in Bombshells struggle – sometimes hilariously, sometimes tragically – to bridge the chasm between the wilderness of their inner worlds and the demands of their outer worlds. And humour, in the end, is our saviour.’ Joanna Murray-Smith, playwright
Meet Meryl, mother of three, trying to find her sanity, the baby’s socks, and time for a coffee. Then there’s Theresa, blushing bride-to-be, walking down the aisle with the love of her life. Or so she thought. And of course Zoe Struthers, siren of the stage, making her illustrious comeback, aided with the help of a little tipple…
Joy, drama, crisis, fear, revelation – there are times where you have to remain cool and calm on the outside. The inside, meanwhile, is a flailing monologue of personal pep talks, perish-the-thoughts and perpetual panic.
Bombshells strips back the façade of womanhood to reveal the things that sometimes, we’d just love to say out loud.
HIT Productions present Bombshells from Tuesday 23 September until Sunday 28 September, Tuesday – Saturday 8pm, Saturday matinee 2pm and Sunday 5pm at The Coopers Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank. Tickets: Adult $55, Conc $45, Groups $45 group 6+, students $25.
Bookings: https://boxoffice.malthousetheatre.com.au | 9685 5111
