Anatomy of a Suicide

Heartstring Theatre, the Green Room-nominated theatre company, proudly brings Alice Birch’s Susan Smith Blackburn prize-winning play to Melbourne for the first time at Meat Market’s Stables.

Carol, Anna and Bonnie are three women in three separate time periods who are inextricably linked. Carol, in the 1970s, has just given birth whilst 1990s Anna grapples with a drug addiction and pregnancy. Bonnie in the near future must decide whether she allows the ghosts of her past to influence her decision to have a family.

Written by Alice Birch
Directed by Katie Smith
Performed by Elisa Armstrong, Ashleigh Coleman, Adriano Del Re, Adam Hetherington, Harper Hynes, Frances Lee, Lucy Payne, Erin Perrey, Alexander Tomisich, Stephen Whiley
Sound design by Grace Ferguson
Set and Costume design by Olivia Lucia Pimpinella
Lighting design by Georgie Wolfe
Stage managed by Alessandra Alessio

5-16 February 2025
Wed – Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 5pm
Previews: 5 and 6 February
Tickets: $40 Full, $35 Concession, $28 Preview, $20 Mob tix
Enquiries: (03) 9329 9966
Venue: Meat Market’s Stables
2 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne 3051 VIC (corner of Wreckyn St and Courtney St)
www.weareheartstring.com
Duration: 100 mins, no interval
Suitable for ages 15+

This production includes discussion of suicide, depression, sterilisation, childbirth, fertility and mental illness. It includes artistic depictions of suicide and medical procedures.

Host or Publisher Heartstring Theatre