This Is Living single work   drama  
Date: 2023
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 This Is Living
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'Falling apart can bring you together.

'Check your emotional baggage at the door because this self-described gang of queers, singles, and divorcees is going on holiday. Hugh has organised a fabulous weekend away for his partner and their best girlfriends in Hepburn’s finest to escape a year from hell. But even deli meats, medicinal hydroponics and soaking in spring water can’t fix everything. Try as you might to float on the surface, life has a funny way of bubbling up—and over.

'Writer Ash Flanders is notorious for crafting caustic comedy that makes you laugh ‘til you hurt, only this time he’s gone somewhere completely unexpected… the real world. This semi-autobiographical play is the saltiest, sweetest, and most honest look at love and friendship you’ll see.

'Because when shit hits the fan it’s your chosen family who’ll clean you up—once they’ve stopped laughing. So pack an overnighter and enjoy the only safe seat on a getaway you won’t want to get away from. This Is Living!'

Source: Malthouse Theatre.

Production Details

  • Presented by the Malthouse Theatre at the Merlyn Theatre, 7-23 July 2023.

    Director: Matthew Lutton.

    Set and Costume Designer: Matilda Woodroofe.

    Composer and Sound Designer: Joe Paradise Lui.

    Cast: Wil King, Belinda McClory, Marcus McKenzie, Michelle Perera, and Maria Theodorakis.

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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : This Is Living, Malthouse Theatre Kate Mulqueen , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of This Is Living Ash Flanders , 2023 single work drama

'A study of love, friendships and chosen families.'

A New Play That Defies Assumptions about Family, Love and Illness Fotis Kapetopoulos , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , July 2023;
Playwright Ash Flanders Robert Reid , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 15-21 July 2023;

'Ash Flanders has always pushed against convention. His new play, This Is Living, is no exception. By Robert Reid.' 

Theatre Review : This Is Living, Malthouse Theatre Kate Mulqueen , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;

— Review of This Is Living Ash Flanders , 2023 single work drama

'A study of love, friendships and chosen families.'

Playwright Ash Flanders Robert Reid , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 15-21 July 2023;

'Ash Flanders has always pushed against convention. His new play, This Is Living, is no exception. By Robert Reid.' 

A New Play That Defies Assumptions about Family, Love and Illness Fotis Kapetopoulos , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , July 2023;
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