Cost of living
By Martyna Majok
Directed by Priscilla Jackman and Dan Daw
DOES LOVE HAVE A BOTTOM LINE?
Former-carer turned Playwright Martyna Majok won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this play in 2018 and it’s easy to see why. This is a beautifully rendered story about our need to care (or be cared for) no matter the distance that age, race and disability might place between us.
Drawing on her lived experience, Majok introduces us to four seemingly disconnected characters whose lives are at a crossroads. There’s John — a wealthy successful PhD student with cerebral palsy — who hires the secretive Jess to be his new carer. And then there’s Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, desperately trying to reconcile with his ex-wife Ani, who has become a wheelchair user after an accident.
Told with deft humour and enormous heart, the Australian premiere of this highly-lauded work is directed by Priscilla Jackman (The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race) and Dan Daw, also appearing as John, with Philip Quast as Eddie, Kate Hood as Ani and Zoe de Plevitz as Jess.
"Worth its weight in gold"
— The New York Times
"Sensational! The kind of theatre that imprints on the body and lives in your bones"
— Variety
Download Program Detailed Content Advisories Social Story Audio Description Pre-Show Notes
Creatives
Writer Martyna Majok
Co-Directors Priscilla Jackman, Dan Daw
Set and Costume Designer Michael Scott-Mitchell
Lighting Designer John Rayment
Composer and Sound Designer Guy Webster
Dialect Coach Gabrielle Rogers
Movement and Intimacy Coach NJ Price
Stage Management
Stage Manager Grant Gravener
Assistant Stage Managers Yanni Dubler, Sophie Woodcock
Theatre Access Assistants to Kate Hood Madeleine Lewis, Sophie McCrae
Personal Assistant to Dan Daw Lauren Smeaton
Cast
John Dan Daw
Ani Kate Hood
Jess Zoe de Plevitz
Eddie Philip Quast
-
Dates15 Jun — 13 Jul
-
LocationBille Brown Theatre
-
TimesEvenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm
Relaxed Performance: Saturday 6 July 2.00pm - Buy Single Tickets
- Buy Season Tickets
-
Ticket PricingAdultfrom$70Seniorfrom$70Concessionfrom$70Youth - 35 & Underfrom$35
-
Night with the Artists
Monday 24 Jun 6.30pm
-
Duration1 hour and 30 minutes, no interval
-
AccessibilityAuslan Interpreted Monday 1 Jul 6.30pm | All performances have handheld captioning devices available. Please see Box Office on arrival to use this device.Audio Described Saturday 13 Jul 2.00pm
-
Play briefing
Monday 10 Jun 6.00pm
-
Warning
This production contains full frontal male nudity, underwater submersion, occasional strong language, herbal and e-cigarettes and the use of haze.
Recommended for ages 15+
This production contains full frontal male nudity, underwater submersion, occasional strong language, herbal and e-cigarettes and the use of haze.
Recommended for ages 15+
-
Dates15 Jun — 13 Jul
-
LocationBille Brown Theatre
-
TimesEvenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm
Relaxed Performance: Saturday 6 July 2.00pm - Buy Single Tickets
- Buy Season Tickets
-
Ticket PricingAdultfrom$70Seniorfrom$70Concessionfrom$70Youth - 35 & Underfrom$35
-
Night with the Artists
Monday 24 Jun 6.30pm
-
Duration1 hour and 30 minutes, no interval
-
AccessibilityAuslan Interpreted Monday 1 Jul 6.30pm | All performances have handheld captioning devices available. Please see Box Office on arrival to use this device.Audio Described Saturday 13 Jul 2.00pm
-
Play briefing
Monday 10 Jun 6.00pm
-
Warning
This production contains full frontal male nudity, underwater submersion, occasional strong language, herbal and e-cigarettes and the use of haze.
Recommended for ages 15+
This production contains full frontal male nudity, underwater submersion, occasional strong language, herbal and e-cigarettes and the use of haze.
Recommended for ages 15+