A new production commences this week at the Mullumimby Drill Hall – Ghosting the Party.
Written by award-winning Australian playwright, Melissa Bubnic, and directed by Liz Chance, Ghosting the Party is described as a pitch-black comedy which has won critical acclaim for its fearless wit and emotional honesty.
It tackles the subject we spend most of our lives avoiding – death – through the eyes of three generations of women brought together by a funeral. The result is bold, funny, and deeply moving theatre.
Synopsis
The synopsis reads, ‘This play deals with the complex reality of how ordinary people deal with the collision between the strongest primal urge we have, the survival instinct, and a deep longing for rest. Do we have the right to decide, or do others get to decide for us?’
Warning: the play contains references to suicide, drug use, descriptions of self-harm, coarse language and sex.
For more info visit www.drillhalltheatre.org.au.
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