BLESSED UNION
Belvoir Street Theatre, 2023
in association with Sydney WorldPride
A lesbian divorce comedy.
Ruth and Judith have been a couple for decades. They have two kids and have fought hard for recognition, for rights, just to be themselves. They’ve lived at the forefront as Australia changed, while their home remained a haven. Now, their marriage is over. They’ve always told themselves, and others, that theirs was a different union. That they could do this reasonably, politically, calmly. Without hurt.
“Look, we aren’t going to just fall apart like, like, like – a straight couple”, says Ruth.
But are we bigger than our institutions? What will their children say? And what of the human heart?
Director Hannah Goodwin
Writer Maeve Marsden
Set and Costume Designer Isabel Hudson
Sound Designer and Composer Alyx Dennison
Lighting Designer Amelia Lever-Davidson
Movement and Intimacy Coordinator Nigel Poulton
Stage Manager Luke McGettigan
Assistant Stage Manager Mia Kanzaki
Cast
Danielle Cormack, Maude Davey, Emma Diaz, Jasper Lee-Lindsay
Production Photography by Brett Boardman
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