THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES
Melbourne Theatre Company, 2024
The Sumner, Southbank Theatre
Nadine Garner and Max McKenna star in this multi-award-winning family drama.
When 18-year-old Anna stumbles upon stories she wrote as a child she discovers a thrilling but unfamiliar imagination bursting from the pages. Now she's determined to discover who she is without the label that has defined most of her life, but her pursuit pits her against her seemingly well-meaning mother, boyfriend and the therapist she no longer sees as an ally.
With heart and humour Kendall Feaver's tender portrait echoes conversations happening at dinner tables across the country, while tapping into the universal tension between a mother's care and a child's independence. A complex and multi-faceted gem, its brilliance will take on a different shine from wherever you sit in the conversation.
Writer Kendall Feaver
Director Hannah Goodwin
Set and Costume Designer Jacob Battista
Sound Designer and Composer Kelly Ryall
Lighting Designer Amelia Lever Davidson
Voice and Text Coach Matt Furlani
Movement Director Lyndall Grant
Intimacy Coordinator Bayley Turner
Assistant Director Jennifer Sarah Dean
Cast Nadine Garner, Max McKenna, Louisa Mignone, Karl Richmond
Production Photography by Pia Johnson
Topical and fresh with tight direction from Hannah Goodwin…
Led with devastating skill by McKenna and Garner.
★★★★★
Time Out
Sensitive and nuanced.
★★★★★
Arts Hub
An excellent, empathetic portrait of mental illness…
Director Hannah Goodwin keeps the small ensemble tightly calibrated in a production that never lags for a moment.
★★★★
The Guardian
Hannah Goodwin directs an assured production that plays with human scale. The performances bring a delicate, moth-like realism to the family drama, and rear into crisis with alarming authenticity.
★★★★
The Age
Bold, insightful and compassionate.
★★★★
Limelight