In this week's Backstage Blog interview, we spoke to Isabelle Davis, the Writer, Director, Producer and Swing of The Eternally Hopeful, a gorgeous song cycle invesigating hope in our modern time, which opens at Explosives Factory later this month. While there's life, there's hope." - Cicero. Isabelle Davis, in partnership with Fresh Works, premieres The Eternally Hopeful, a compelling new song cycle featuring four actors and a piano. The exploration of hope through multiple m

Before Savages opens this week, hear straight from Director Kitan Petkovski. Patricia Cornelius writes with extraordinary precision. Her language is muscular, unsentimental and alive with contradiction, asking us to sit with discomfort rather than rushing towards certainty. Savages is, for me, one of her boldest works. At first glance, these four men are funny, familiar and deeply recognisable. Their camaraderie is warm, their banter effortless. Yet beneath it runs an unmista

In this week's Backstage Blog, we spoke to Fabio Motta, the creator and performer of Holy Fool, who returns to Theatre Works after a green room award wining 2022 run of Spot. A spiritual physical-comedy about a Fool who ended up becoming a Saint. In 2026, chaos reigns! Battles boom, pockets deepen, and Mother Nature feels forgotten. What if we already KNOW the secret to attaining world harmony but somehow have forgotten? Inspired by the story of Saint Francis of Assisi, Ho