'Teresa’s mum finds it impossible to let anything go – from grudges to household objects. She thinks of her home as a museum full of irreplaceable treasures. But she’s not really a curator – she’s a hoarder – and her house is enough to give Marie Kondo heart palpitations. When her kids return home to celebrate her 60th birthday, she’s over the moon to have the family back together. But this isn’t a reunion. It’s an intervention.'
Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company at the Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne, 8 February to 21 March 2020.
Director: Dean Bryant.
Cast includes Fiona Choi, Michelle Lim Davidson, and Diana Lin.
Final performances in the production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (effective 16 March 2020).
'In his 2010 memoir The Family Law, Benjamin Law writes about how when he was a teen, his Uncle Toby (his mum's older brother) came to visit from Canada and was so shocked by the overstuffed, messy state of their home that he staged an intervention and cleared it out in a week.' (Introduction)
'Despite some shaky moments, Benjamin Law’s Torch the Place is filled with humour and heart, and breathes new life into the Australian tradition of naturalism. By Alison Croggon.'
'Despite some shaky moments, Benjamin Law’s Torch the Place is filled with humour and heart, and breathes new life into the Australian tradition of naturalism. By Alison Croggon.'
'In his 2010 memoir The Family Law, Benjamin Law writes about how when he was a teen, his Uncle Toby (his mum's older brother) came to visit from Canada and was so shocked by the overstuffed, messy state of their home that he staged an intervention and cleared it out in a week.' (Introduction)
