Gaslight

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Event Gaslight
Venue Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 6 March 2024
Last Date 24 March 2024
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Young, trusting, and fragile – Bella Manningham thinks she’s losing her mind. In the evenings, she hears strange noises. The sitting-room gas lamps dim for no apparent reason. Is Bella’s loving relationship with her urbane partner Jack all that it seems?

Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play introduced us to the powerful term we now use to describe an insidious form of deception and manipulation.

This liberating adaptation by Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson, which world premiered at the 2022 Shaw Festival, is a gripping, reimagined thriller of daring and doubt. Will the “gaslighting” have its
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Thriller
Psychological Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Maddison Burridge Actor Standby Bella/ Nancy
Courtney Cavallaro Actor Nancy
Julian Curtis Actor Standby Jack
Kate Fitzpatrick Actor Elizabeth
Geraldine Hakewell Actor Bella
Barbara Lowing Actor Standby Elizabeth
Toby Schmitz Actor Jack
Patty Jamieson Adaptor
Johnna Wright Adaptor
Lauren Wiley Casting Director
Paul Charlier Composer
Renée Mulder Designer
Lee Lewis Director
David Worthy Head Mechanist
Paul Jackson Lighting Designer
Caryn Cavanagh Marketing/Box office/Sales
Patrick Hamilton Playwright
Rodney Rigby Producer
Paul Charlier Sound Designer
Works
Text Nationality Canada
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 171941