Maureen : Harbinger of Death single work   drama  
Date: 2021
Date: 2023
Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Maureen : Harbinger of Death
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'Framed by velvet drapes and bedecked with Jatz cracker crumbs and cigarette ash, Maureen invites you into her bohemian living room. She’s here to take you on an intimate journey brimming with witty repartee, well-worn life advice, an exotic array of friends now gone and the dauntless potency of limitless imagination.

'With exquisite storytelling, writer and performer Jonny Hawkins transforms into Maureen: a razor-tongued doyenne of Kings Cross in its heyday. Co-created by Nell Ranney, this poignantly funny solo show takes inspiration from Hawkins’ friend, a self-described “working class glamour queen” and one of life’s true eccentrics.

'Magnificently flouting many of the rules of drama and narrative, Maureen: Harbinger of Death redefines our concepts of older women. Caustic and moving, it is an uplifting demonstration of the wisdom, vitality, kindness and humour of women too often overlooked or dismissed by society.

'A night of wit, imagination and storytelling with a character you won’t forget.'

Source: Adelaide Festival.

Production Details

  • Presented at the Seymour Centre as part of Sydney Festival, 15-23 January 2021.

    Director: Nell Ranney.

    Set and Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson.

    Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper.

    Composer: Steve Toulmin.

    Production Manager: Lachlan Steel.

    Cast: Jonny Hawkins.


    Presented by Soft Tread in association with Sign of the Acorn at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, as part of Adelaide Festival, 14-18 March 2023.

    Cast: Jonny Hawkins.

    Co-conceiver & Director: Nell Ranney.

    Set & Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson.

    Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper.

    Sound Designer: Steve Toulmin.

    Producer: Jo Dyer.


    Presented by Riverside Theatres Parramatta, as a Soft Tread production, at the Lennox Theatre, 23-25 March 2023.

    Co-conceiver & Director: Nell Ranney.

    Set & Costume Designer: Isabel Hudson.

    Lighting Designer: Nick Schlieper.

    Sound Designer: Steve Toulmin.

    Cast: Jonny Hawkins.

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Subjects:
  • Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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