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Tiny Beautiful Things

Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed
Adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos
Co-Conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, and Nia Vardalos
Directed by Lee Lewis
With Mandy McElhinney

THE BEST ADVICE CAN COME FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE. Cheryl Strayed is many things; a wife, a mother, a daughter, a writer, an ex-heroin user and now, an unpaid, online anonymous advice columnist called Sugar. Amidst the clutter of family life, she receives emails from strangers ...

THE BEST ADVICE CAN COME FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE.

Cheryl Strayed is many things; a wife, a mother, a daughter, a writer, an ex-heroin user and now, an unpaid, online anonymous advice columnist called Sugar.

Amidst the clutter of family life, she receives emails from strangers urgently needing help navigating the contradictions and complexities of life. Sugar replies with candour, offering her own tough, sweet brand of unadulterated advice designed to offer a path of healing and catharsis. What would you tell someone who is unsure about role-playing as a sexy Santa or the father who feels as dead as his lost son?

Academy Award nominee (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Nia Vardalos adapts this New York Times bestselling book into a stage work that is as authentic and human as the real stories it contains. Dare to reach out and embrace this exquisitely vulnerable play and the questions it poses. The advice you receive may surprise you.

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  • Dates
    17 JUN – 15 JUL
  • Location
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Times
    Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
    Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm

    17 JUN – 15 JUL
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Buy Tickets
  • Night with the Artists

    Monday 26 Jun 6.30pm

  • Duration
    95 minutes, without an interval
  • Accessibility
    Auslan Interpreted Monday 3 Jul 6.30pm
  • Play briefing

    Monday 12 June, 6.00pm

  • Warning
    This production contains coarse language, dead black outs, and letters sent by real people seeking advice on all matters of life including complex conversations around life, death, and love. If you have any concerns about the content of the play, we recommend...

    This production contains coarse language, dead black outs, and letters sent by real people seeking advice on all matters of life including complex conversations around life, death, and love.


    If you have any concerns about the content of the play, we recommend looking through our Scene Breakdown Spoiler Sheet prior to attending the performance.


    If you or someone you know needs information or support, these organisations are there to help:
    Beyond Blue
    1300 22 4636
    Headspace
    03 9027 0100
    Lifeline
    13 11 14

  • Dates
    17 JUN – 15 JUL
  • Location
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Times
    Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
    Matinees: Wed 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm

    17 JUN – 15 JUL
    BILLE BROWN THEATRE
  • Buy Tickets
  • Night with the Artists

    Monday 26 Jun 6.30pm

  • Duration
    95 minutes, without an interval
  • Accessibility
    Auslan Interpreted Monday 3 Jul 6.30pm
  • Play briefing

    Monday 12 June, 6.00pm

  • Warning
    This production contains coarse language, dead black outs, and letters sent by real people seeking advice on all matters of life including complex conversations around life, death, and love. If you have any concerns about the content of the play, we recommend...

    This production contains coarse language, dead black outs, and letters sent by real people seeking advice on all matters of life including complex conversations around life, death, and love.


    If you have any concerns about the content of the play, we recommend looking through our Scene Breakdown Spoiler Sheet prior to attending the performance.


    If you or someone you know needs information or support, these organisations are there to help:
    Beyond Blue
    1300 22 4636
    Headspace
    03 9027 0100
    Lifeline
    13 11 14

Creatives

Author Cheryl Strayed
Writer Nia Vardalos
Director Lee Lewis
Set and Costume Designer
Simone Romaniuk
Lighting Designer
Bernie Tan-Hayes
Composer/Sound Designer
Brady Watkins


Stage Manager Maddison Penglis
Assistant Stage Manager Tia-Hanee Cleary

Cast

Letter Writer #2 Sepi Burgiani
Letter Writer #1 Stephen Geronimos
Sugar Mandy McElhinney
Letter Writer #3 Nic Prior

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"Heart-tugging and emotionally rewarding."
— The Huffington Post

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