Riverside Theatres Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama, Wit
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Wit is a play about life, death and the significance of a semicolon
Venue: Riverside Theatres
Address: Corner of Church and Market St, Parramatta
Date: 6-9 March 2024
Ticket: Members Tickets starting from $46 | Non-Members Tickets starting from $49
Web: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/whats-on/wit/
EMail: boxoffice_riverside@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
Call: 02 8839 3399
Address: Corner of Church and Market St, Parramatta
Date: 6-9 March 2024
Ticket: Members Tickets starting from $46 | Non-Members Tickets starting from $49
Web: https://riversideparramatta.com.au/whats-on/wit/
EMail: boxoffice_riverside@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
Call: 02 8839 3399
Image Copyright / CDN: Daniel Regan Photography
"This spare and moving production... balances the cerebral and emotional facets of a very fine play just about perfectly." – Audrey Journal
Riverside Theatres is thrilled to present the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about life, death, and the significance of a semicolon, WIT, from the 6th – 9th March at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta.
Vivian Bearing is 50, in the prime of her life, highly respected and at the height of a stellar academic career. She’s a fiercely rational academic with a passion for poetry. And she has just weeks to live. As Vivian comes to terms with who she is; mind, body and soul, we’re left to ponder – can we conquer death, or at least our fear of it, by the way we live our lives?
Directed by Helen Tonkin, WIT is not primarily a play about cancer, nor about the wit of John Donne but is a play about the balance between head and heart, life and death, and the significance of a semicolon.
After critical and popular hits including Freud’s Last Session, Metamorphosis, and The Screwtape Letters, Clock and Spiel Productions have been praised for their smart and deeply touching productions – WIT is no exception.
CAST Cheryl Ward, Kyra Belford-Thomas, Yannick Lawry, Hailey McQueen, Helen Tonkin, Sayuri Narroway, Joseph Tanti DIRECTOR Helen Tonkin PLAYWRIGHT Margaret Edson
Riverside Theatres is thrilled to present the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about life, death, and the significance of a semicolon, WIT, from the 6th – 9th March at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta.
Vivian Bearing is 50, in the prime of her life, highly respected and at the height of a stellar academic career. She’s a fiercely rational academic with a passion for poetry. And she has just weeks to live. As Vivian comes to terms with who she is; mind, body and soul, we’re left to ponder – can we conquer death, or at least our fear of it, by the way we live our lives?
Directed by Helen Tonkin, WIT is not primarily a play about cancer, nor about the wit of John Donne but is a play about the balance between head and heart, life and death, and the significance of a semicolon.
After critical and popular hits including Freud’s Last Session, Metamorphosis, and The Screwtape Letters, Clock and Spiel Productions have been praised for their smart and deeply touching productions – WIT is no exception.
CAST Cheryl Ward, Kyra Belford-Thomas, Yannick Lawry, Hailey McQueen, Helen Tonkin, Sayuri Narroway, Joseph Tanti DIRECTOR Helen Tonkin PLAYWRIGHT Margaret Edson