Please no more ‘pleases, sorries or thank yous’. THANKS… sorry!
The Roof is Caving In is a collision of Australian Gothic, Picasso & the uncontrollable urge to say “sorry” when you run into a chair. Hester and Bronwyn are people pleasers at the mercy of the landscape around them: A tiny studio apartment with two trundle beds and a lot of ‘character’.
Fresh out of school, fresh out of home and in their first ever share house. As the two apartment dwellers desperately try to make this small space a home, they are met with unforeseeable circumstances and have to navigate the repercussions of constantly compromising to avoid confrontation.
A work of surreal theatrical grandeur that features a live multi-instrumentalist quintet.
Content Warnings: Mild Sexual References, Dark Themes, Mental Health & Haze, references to crime violence
Written by Matilda Gibbs with Belle Hansen & Jack Burmeister
Produced by Frenzy Theatre Co
Directed by Belle Hansen
Composition & Sound Design by Jack Burmeister
Performed by Marlena Thomson, Bek Schilling, Joanna Halliday, Karen Yee, Linus Finn Mackie, Joshua Mackie & Daniel Kim
Stage Managed by Brigette Jennings
Image by Darren Gill
Access Information:
Visual rating 75%: The event is fully subtitled or has minimal dialogue, some background music and/or sounds, so d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can have close to the full experience of the event.
Aural Rating 50%: Has both sound and visual components, but sight isn’t essential to be able to engage with the event.
The Roof Is Caving In is on VCE Drama, Unit 3.