'Grace Under Pressure is a verbatim theatre project about the workplace and training cultures that are making young health professionals sick – and which put patient lives at risk.
'Acclaimed verbatim theatre makers David Williams and Paul Dwyer, in collaboration with the Sydney Arts and Health Collective, have developed Grace Under Pressure from interviews with doctors and nurses at various stages of their careers. Grace Under Pressure will open a critical space for conversation about these often taboo issues, and will be an important public intervention into medical culture, as well as a compelling, confronting, hopeful and deeply moving work of theatre.
'Grace Under Pressure has been co-commissioned by Seymour Centre and The Big Anxiety, and developed with the support of the Department of Performance Studies, University of Sydney. The Big Anxiety has been assisted by the Australian government through the Department of Communication and the Arts’ Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund.' (Publication summary)
Grace Under Pressure was co-commissioned by Seymour Centre and The Big Anxiety, and developed with the support of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney.
Performed at York Theatre, Chippendale, New South Wales 25-28 October 2017.
Writers: David Williams & Paul Dwyer in collaboration with the Sydney Arts & Health Collective.
Performers: Renee Lim, Rose Maher, Sal Sharah & Wendy Strehlow.
Director: David Williams.
Dramaturg: Paul Dwyer.
Lighting Designer: Richard Manner.
Sound Designer: Gail Priest.
Set & Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson.
Production Manager: Emma Bedford.
Stage Manager: Patrick Howard.
Producer: David Williams (for Seymour Centre).
Alternative Facts production scheduled to be presented by Merrigong Theatre Company at Bruce Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC), 13 - 16 May 2020.
Production postponed, but not initially cancelled, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rescheduled for the 2021 season.
Presented by Merrigong Theatre Company (as an Alternative Facts production) at Bruce Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC), 12 - 15 May 2021.
