Join our island’s artists for a series of bespoke play readings featuring extraordinary theatre works by acclaimed Australian playwrights.

Road Works is the perfect winter theatre program, connecting audiences and artists across our island through relaxed and engaging evenings at the theatre, showcasing readings of powerhouse plays, and sparking rich conversations around creativity and the theatre-going experience.

Featuring an ensemble of Tasmania’s finest emerging and established artists, curated by Jane Johnson, Jane Longhurst and Gabrielle Adkins.

Friday 25 July, 7.30pm
On This Island, Now
By Melanie Tait

Christmas Day. One family. A whole lot of history. And tinsel.

It’s Christmas morning on Bruny Island, and Cara is desperate for it to be a perfect day. Cara’s about to have a baby and she wants this baby to have a family. After a year and a half in Sydney, her sister Isla is returning home sober and she wants her to stay that way. Cara's other sister Skye is recovering from a car accident, and for the first time in her life not knowing what her future holds. Their mother Jan has decided to let the house out to tourists on Airbnb, so it's going to be the last Christmas they have on this place they've called home for decades.

They’ll have lunch and head back on the evening ferry to the big island.

Only, they won’t be on that ferry. Isla isn’t coming home alone. And Christmas is about to get complicated.

 

Buy tickets to all three Road Works readings

Buy tickets to all three readings, Mary Stuart (13 Jul), On the Island, Now (25 Jul) and Red Sky Morning (19 Aug) here.
If you'd like to purchase a ticket to all three readings with a glass of house wine at each you can purchase them here.