Cirrus@Austlit

'Miss W Treads is an encounter with one of Australia’s early theatrical stars. A contemporary performer is haunted by her subject, the renowned nineteenth- century actress Eliza Winstanley: the ‘Mrs Siddons of Sydney’. In a cross-century artistic collaboration, Winstanley treads the boards once more.

'In this new work by writer/director Jane Woollard (The Hammer of Devotion, Aelfgyva, Prophet and Loss) and an award–winning team of theatre makers, the melodramatic challenges the postdramatic to a theatrical duel.

'Miss W Treads is a wry theatrical enchantment which features ghosts, wild violins, sword-fights, mysterious signatures and long-dead theatrical ambitions.'

Source: La Mama Theatre program.