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.

CAST: Elisa Armstrong (Bonnie), Ashleigh Coleman (Carol), Adriano Del Re (Dan/Dave/Felix/Luke), Adam Hetherington (Tim/Toby/Mark/Steve), Harper Hynes (Daisy/Child/Tim’s Daughter/Child Next Door/Anna (child)/Esther), Frances Lee (Emma/Daisy 1990s/Karen/May/Diane), Lucy Payne (Jo/Laura/Lola/Nurse 1970s/Nurse 1990s), Erin Perrey (Anna), Alexander Tomisich (Jamie), Stephen Whiley (John)

STAGE MANAGER: Alessandra Alessio

COSTUME & SET DESIGN: Olivia Lucia Pimpinella

LIGHTING DESIGN: Georgie Wolfe

SOUND DESIGN: Grace Ferguson

DIRECTOR: Katie Smith

5-16 February, 2025