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A witty, warm but confronting one-woman-play that tackles eating disorders, self-image and growth, comes to Sydney in October.
Playing at Sydney’s Tap Gallery from 15 October, Beginner at Life is the Australian premiere of the acclaimed autobiographical one-woman show by emerging New York playwright, Alana Ruben Free.
It is an intensely intimate monologue about a woman's discovery of her own body which inspires and challenges audiences with an uncommon honesty about coming into womanhood. The themes of sexuality, spirituality and anorexia flow with a poetic wit and unique perspective that surprises.
Directed by Bryan Cutts (“Birth, Death and Everything In-Between”) the play is performed by accomplished Australian stage and screen actress Donna Brooks.
After Eden, a young mother, walks into a yoga class and finds out that she is disconnected from her body, she embarks on a body-mind-soul exploration, that takes her from yoga to nutritionists to Club Med seeking the cause and solution. At times both witty and shocking, we discover there's a lot of Eden in all of us.
“With her fearless look at her own psyche, Alana inspires us to move into the dark places inside and come out lighter and more evolved.” – Courtney Martin, author of “Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters”
“This excellent show offers new insights into the anguish of anorexia. It resonated as truth within my body.” - Dr Marion Woodman, “Addiction to Perfection, The Owl was a Baker’s Daughter”
Alana Ruben Free will be visiting Sydney from 6 October for the premiere. In addition to the show, she presents Meet the Playwright sessions post-show in the first week of the season as well as an all-day soul-body workshop at the Tap Gallery on Saturday 17 October.
Beginner At Life
by Alana Ruben Free
Starring Donna Brooks
Directed by Bryan Cutts
Produced by Vee Malnar
15 October to 1 November, Wed to Sat at 8pm
Tap Gallery, upstairs 278 Palmer St. Darlinghurst
Tickets $20, $15 concession
Book 1300 GET TIX (1300 439 849) on-line www.moshtix.com.au
Visit www.beginneratlife.com.au
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