PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Imagine having two days to justify your life’s choices.
Three women. Three generations. One long weekend in Copenhagen.
Emma has finally ‘made it’. She is about to receive the Hans Christian Award – the ‘Little Nobel Prize’ of children’s fiction. With her mother, Beth, by her side to share in the moment, Emma is ready to celebrate the pinnacle of her career in a luxury Copenhagen hotel. But an unexpected visitor disrupts Emma’s plans and threatens to upend her future.
In a land of fairytales, three women discover and rediscover the power of stories – those we tell ourselves and those who make us who we are.
Developed through the Red Stitch INK new writing program, Warner’s stunning new play shimmers with deeply felt observations about family, womanhood and the universal power of fiction.
Grace brings Sarah Goodes, one of the country’s most sought-after directors to Red Stitch for the first time with an extraordinary design team. Grace also heralds the highly-anticipated return of ensemble member Kate Cole to the Red Stitch stage, alongside the incredible Jillian Murray and talented young actor, Mia Tuco, in the title role.
Grace was developed through Red Stitch’s INK program.
CAST & CREATIVES
Writer Katy Warner
Director Sarah Goodes
Set & Costume Design Jacob Battista & Sophie Woodward
Lighting Design Harrie Hogan
Music Composition/Sound Design Grace Ferguson
Lighting Design Mentor Paul Jackson
Assistant Director/Dramaturg Ella Caldwell
Dramaturg Tom Healey
Stage Manager Natasha Marich
Assistant Stage Manager Holly Anderson
Cast
Kate Cole
Jillian Murray
Mia Tuco
DATES & TICKETS
Previews 1 - 4 Feb | Season 5 Feb - 6 Mar
Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 2pm
Tue 1 Feb – Fri 4 Feb $25
Sun 6 Feb – Sun 6 Mar $15 - $57
“…director Sarah Goodes – marking her Red Stitch debut – holds us captive. We are enthralled by what is at once a profoundly theatrical experience, but one that also feels somehow cinematic.”
★★★★
- Time Out -
“Lovers of theatre will find much to savour in the first play of Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre’s 21st season, which brings together fine writing, acting and direction.”
★★★★
- Limelight -
“Sarah Goodes’ production gets the best from the performers, and it’s fabulous to witness actors of the calibre of Jillian Murray and Kate Cole fully inhabiting a spiky but intensely close mother-daughter relationship.”
- The Age -
“You could watch the ripples of wit in Warner’s opening scene all night, the characterisation is so intricate.”
- The Age -
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Running time approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes with no interval.
CONTENT WARNING
Please be advised this performance contains; theatrical haze & loud sound effects.
Please contact the Box Office if you have specific concerns.
This play was written as part of the INK writing program, supporting the creation and development of new Australian works. Grace is the first INK commission from playwright Katy Warner.
Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn & Work Art Life Studios.
Production photos by Jodie Hutchinson.
