Note: Written and perfomed by Lally Katz.
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Stories I Want to Tell You in Person
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'For more than a decade, playwright Lally Katz has been one of Australia’s foremost fabulists, trekking off to the furthest coasts of the imagination and returning with her findings. Now she introduces to the stage one of her most unexpected subjects: herself. She might be alone on the stage but she’s far from lonely, bringing with her a cast of characters — from fortune tellers to mystics to Mississippi Evangelicals — encountered on the quest to cure her curses. Known for delving into fantasy, this writer proves art imitates life.' Source: www.malthousetheatre.com.au/ (Sighted 18/05/2012.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre in Surry Hills, Sydney, 18-26 May 2013.

    Director: Anne-Louise Sarks.

    Set Designer: Ralph Myers.

    Cast: Lally Katz.


    Also produced by Malthouse Theatre at the Beckett Theatre, Melbourne, 9-25 August 2013.

    Director: Anne-Louise Sarks.

    Set Designer: Ralph Myers.

    Cast: Lally Katz.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

“I'm a Polite Visitor in This World” Glace Chase and Lally Katz in Conversation Glace Chase (interviewer), Lally Katz (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwriting : Re-visioning the Nation on the Mainstage 2022;
Telling Stories in Person Chris Hay , Stephen Carlton , 2022 single work criticism
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Playwriting : Re-visioning the Nation on the Mainstage 2022;

'This chapter turns to autobiography and the body of work from 2007 to 2020 that places the playwright on stage, whether inside or outside the fictional frame, building on the interest in biography and craving for authenticity that has accelerated in the post-truth age. To outline a range of iterations of the autobiographical pact on the Australian mainstage, our three case studies cover: Lally Katz’s Stories I Want to Tell You in Person (2013), Blue Bones (2017) by Merlynn Tong, and Glace Chase’s Triple X (2020) – fittingly, the play we saw together on the last night before Covid-lockdowns kicked in. Chase and Katz then discuss the stories they tell and the parts of themselves they keep offstage in a duologue.'  (Publication abstract)

Magic and a One-Woman Show Lally Katz , 2016 single work biography
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 122 2016; (p. 40-41)
Juicy Frankness as a Real Person Emerges Deborah Jones , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 April 2013; (p. 12)

— Review of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person Lally Katz , 2013 single work drama
Bright Future Forecast for 'Cursed' Storyteller John Shand , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 April 2013; (p. 31)

— Review of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person Lally Katz , 2013 single work drama
Engaging the Audience Should be Crystal Clear Elissa Blake , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 March 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person Lally Katz , 2013 single work drama
Bright Future Forecast for 'Cursed' Storyteller John Shand , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 April 2013; (p. 31)

— Review of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person Lally Katz , 2013 single work drama
Juicy Frankness as a Real Person Emerges Deborah Jones , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 April 2013; (p. 12)

— Review of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person Lally Katz , 2013 single work drama
Kooky Play Lets Comic Katz Out of the Bag Cameron Woodhead , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 August 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of Stories I Want to Tell You in Person Lally Katz , 2013 single work drama
Playwright Makes Most of 'Cursed Aura' Tim Douglas , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 September 2012; (p. 15)
The Truth About Katz Sharon Verghis , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 March 2013; (p. 5)
'The Australian playwright has emerged from theatre's fringe on to the main stage, with the spotlight now trained firmly on her personal life...'
Katz Spellbound Daisy Dumas , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 March 2013; (p. 19)
Katz Upbeat After Falling Victim to State 'Curse' Steve Dow , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-31 March 2013; (p. 18)
Being Lally Katz Dion Kagan , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September no. 19 2013; (p. 74-75)
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