The Questions single work   musical theatre  
Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 The Questions
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'There’s an experiment. I think we should try it.

'She has a master’s degree in Gender Studies. He thinks Jordan Peterson would make an ideal dinner guest. They both realise this blind date is doomed, but an outside catastrophe and “shelter in place” lockdown order forces these polar opposites into the longest first date ever. And the frustrated rock band rehearsing in the apartment next door is hardly helping them stay calm. Desperate to end the constant bickering, they turn to “The Questions”, a real-life psychological questionnaire researchers promise can build intimacy between anyone. But are either of them ready for the answers?

'Inspired by a true story from the COVID-19 pandemic, The Questions is a world premiere rom-com musical with edge from iconoclastic Australian playwright, columnist and author, Van Badham, featuring genre-busting, folk, punk and pop melodies from her long-time collaborator, composer Richard Wise (Late Night Story).'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Production Details

  • Presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, 26 July - 17 August 2023 (world premiere).

    Director: Mitchell Butel.

    Set and Costume Designer: Jeremy Allen.

    Lighting Designer: Gavin Norris.

    Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.

    Cast including Charles Wu.

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Works about this Work

Theatre Review : The Questions, State Theatre SA Anita Sanders , 2024 review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2024;

— Review of The Questions Vanessa Badham , 2024 single work musical theatre

'A first date that inadvertently becomes extended thanks to lockdown. What could possibly go wrong?' 

Van Badham’s Two Lives Gently Collide in ‘The Questions’ Farrin Foster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: InReview , July 2024;

— Review of The Questions Vanessa Badham , 2024 single work musical theatre

'In The Questions, playwright Van Badham and composer Richard Wise have lovingly crafted a show that is both a simple rom-com musical and, simultaneously, an exploration of intimacy in the age of polarisation.' 

Van Badham’s Two Lives Gently Collide in ‘The Questions’ Farrin Foster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: InReview , July 2024;

— Review of The Questions Vanessa Badham , 2024 single work musical theatre

'In The Questions, playwright Van Badham and composer Richard Wise have lovingly crafted a show that is both a simple rom-com musical and, simultaneously, an exploration of intimacy in the age of polarisation.' 

Theatre Review : The Questions, State Theatre SA Anita Sanders , 2024 review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , August 2024;

— Review of The Questions Vanessa Badham , 2024 single work musical theatre

'A first date that inadvertently becomes extended thanks to lockdown. What could possibly go wrong?' 

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