A Lingua Franca production
Presented by
TAMWORTH
By Mary Anne Butler with original live music by Smith & Jones
A woman. A dog. A campervan. And 4,500km of wide open road.
DIRECTOR Adam Deusien DESIGNER Annemaree Dalziel LIGHTING DESIGN & PRODUCTION MANAGER Becky Russell PERFORMED BY Kate Smith Sophie Jones Abby Smith
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M
ot wakes up one morning to find that her heart is missing from her chest. She can breathe; she has a pulse— but she feels… nothing.
So, she decides to go and look for it. With her dog enlisted as co-pilot, Mot heads down the Highway of Lost Hearts: into the deepest core of the Australian outback— navigating red dirt landscapes, fire and flood, brittle dryness, vast salt lakes, age-old mountains and murky waters filled with lost souls. An allegory for a country that’s lost its heart, Highway of Lost Hearts, by Mary Anne Butler, is half gritty road journey, half magic realism and all heart. It leaves you pondering the question: when your heart goes missing, what lengths will you go to in order to find it again? A truly regional story! Recommended age: 12+
Tuesday 4 June | 7:30pm
Capitol Theatre Tamworth 1 hour 10 minutes | No Interval
Highway of Lost Hearts was a co-production between Lingua Franca and Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre’s Local Stages program. Highway of Lost Hearts is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW
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