Marital bliss at stake on stage

Director Greg Shawcross has returned to oversee a new production for Geelong Repertory Theatre Company.
The troupe will premiere Speaking In Tongues on 9 September after praising Shawcross for delivering in 2015 one of the company’s “best-received productions” with A Few Good Men.
Shawcross had again put together “another fantastic production” for the Andrew Bovell play, the company said.
“Greg’s stellar cast of Neil Fletcher, Catherine Larcey, David Postill, Carolyn Edwards, Melissa Musselwhite, Cameron Allen, Catherine Crowe, Tom Reed and Steve Howell will present a memorable trip to the theatre.”
Speaking In Tongues focused on the interwoven lives of nine people while “examining our inability to commit, our inability to trust and our inability to love”, the company said.
“Pete and Jane are married as are Leon and Sonja but neither couple is happy in their marriage.
“By sheer chance, Pete and Jane meet up in a bar the same night that Leon and Jane meet in another bar. Here, the couples decide to cheat on their partners.
“However, Pete and Sonja don’t go through with the adultery while Leon and Jane do.
“Meanwhile, the lives of Pete, Jane, Leon and Sonja intersect further. Connections are drawn between themselves and with those around them; a stranger on the street with a sad past, a woman who cannot allow herself to love or be loved, a husband who is not answering his phone, a female therapist who goes missing and a neighbour seen throwing a woman’s shoe from his car into a vacant block.”
The production plays Geelong West’s Woodbin until 24 September.