She Wrote The Letter

11/04/2022

She Wrote the Letter - La Mama Theatre

That's a wrap for She Wrote The Letter, thanks to everyone who came along and thank you for the wonderful reviews and feedback.

Tell your friends - we'll be back, at La Mama Theatre June 22- July 3. Bookings are open. https://lamama.com.au/whats-on/la-mama-hq-autumn-2022/she-wrote-the-letter/

In the meantime, be sure to watch our video message from the real Ute, in Germany:https://vimeo.com/showcase/6090104

She Wrote The Letter is a play based on the unlikely real friendship of two teenagers - Ute from East Germany and Tania from New Zealand.

10/04/2022

Final performance of She Wrote The Letter this afternoon, but we will be taking this new Australian play by Kieran Carroll to La Mama Theatre in June!
Gorgeous work from our team especially the two performers Tania McNaughton, Maria Nordenberg and a huge thank you to Natalya Shield for her flawless operation of Harrie Hogan's sound design and Jess Keeffe's lighting design!
#penpals #shewrotetheletter

09/04/2022

She Wrote the Letter: reviews promo

And the reviews are in, please read this excellent appraisal by Fiona Anderson for WeekendNotes Melbourne: https://www.weekendnotes.com/she-wrote-the-letter-st-martins-theatre-review

Last chance to catch She Wrote The Letter today at 4pm at St Martins, before it's staged again later in the year at La Mama Theatre.

"A standout piece of modern Australian theatre"
"immersive, engaging and moving"
"touches of lightness and humour.... striking just the right balance"
Weekend Notes

“Heartfelt two-hander…..full of tenderness”
Theatrepeople

Tickets: trybooking.com/BPJBQ
More videos: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6090104

06/04/2022

Looking for a last-minute idea for something to do tonight?

Book one of the last remaining seats, and join us for the official glass-of-bubbles-style opening night of She Wrote The Letter, 7.30pm at St Martin's Youth Arts Centre.

Videos - we've just uploaded a new 30-second promo video, a behind the scenes glimpse into our setup for the tech run: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6090104

Tix - trybooking.com/BPJBQ

And here are some words from our esteemed, and tireless director Cathy Hunt:

"She Wrote The Letter opens THIS EVENING at St Martins - a brand new work by Kieran Carroll adapted from real life letters, performed by Tania McNaughton and Maria Nordenberg, lit by Harrie Hogan with sound design by Jess Keeffe.

With the fabulous Rachel Kamath as associate producer and operated by Natalya Shield. Publicity by Cherry Hands Media with gorgeous PR photos by Brent Lukey Photographer.

If friendship is a truly radical force in this strange old world then this play asks us to focus on how our lives can be charged by the way our real friends enter into our lives and become an intrinsic part of them. Somehow, everything starts to matter, however minute a detail when heard by a friend who can be bothered to try to understand, even from the other side of the world. #penpals #shewrotetheletter"

#openingnight #thingstodo #onnow #newtheatre #supportlocal

06/04/2022

Sunday Arts Magazine

Did you catch Tania McNaughton and director, Cathy Hunt talking with the Sunday Arts Magazine - Joy94.9 folk at Joy FM on Sunday?

If you have 14 mins, this is a fascinating chat about some background and context for the story of She Wrote The Letter.

Highly recommend a listen: https://joy.org.au/sundayarts

A few tickets are still available: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

Exploring the thriving Melbourne arts scene

06/04/2022

Only 8 tickets remaining for tonight's official opening night of She Wrote The Letter! Book here: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

Did we mention there'll be a few free drinks?
;) Here's that link again: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

#SheWroteTheLetter #OpeningNight.

Here are some pics, taken by the amazing Brent Lukey of Brent Lukey Photographer featuring the cast, Tania McNaughton and Maria Nordenberg.

05/04/2022

Did you scan the QR codes in your program if you came to tonight's show? If so, maybe you caught this video message from the real Ute, in Germany - wishing us well for the show: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6090104

And if you saw the show tonight and you liked it, the best thing you can do to help us is tell your friends and to leave us a review: https://www.facebook.com/SheWroteTheLetter/reviews

There are some tickets that have become available to tomorrow night's show, and a few still remaining for the weekend performances: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

05/04/2022

Five standout Melbourne theatre and stage shows to see this April

Thanks Beat Magazine, for naming She Wrote The Letter as one of five standout shows to see in Melbourne in April!! Amazing!

Preview show has just had some tickets become available for tonight!!!! Also some are available for tomorrow’s opening night.. https://www.trybooking.com/events/726742/sessions

Read the Beat Magazine write up here: https://beat.com.au/five-standout-melbourne-theatre-and-stage-shows-to-see-this-april

There’s a stack of marvellous theatre and stage shows kicking off in Melbourne this month. We’ve got musicals about drug smugglers, a dance journey through China, and even a musical written by Bob Dylan.

04/04/2022

La Mama Autumn 2022

She Wrote The Letter is thrilled to be part of La Mama Theatre's Autumn season - while gearing up to open at St Martins very soon, we look forward to heading to the renewed La Mama HQ in June-July with this play by the renowned playwright Kieran Carroll

Spot Tania McNaughton & Maria Nordenberg in this video, doing our photo shoot with the wonderful Darren Gill! Clue: characteristic pink background and some brown parcels!! #shewrotetheletter #penpals

03/04/2022

Tania & Maria took some time out from She Wrote The Letter rehearsals for a brief chat about the show. Watch their 2 min video here, and keep an eye on this space as new videos are added during the run of the show: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6090104

Note - some additional tickets have just been released, so jump in quick if you still know people who'd like to come along - here's the booking link: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

30/03/2022

This is what happens when you get your early eighties on during warm up! Dancing to 'I See Red' channelling the compelling style of 80s video clips before rehearsals at Siteworks #SheWroteTheLetter #penpals

24/03/2022

Marsh International Solo Festival

If anyone fancies watching some free** theatre online, early this Monday morning (7-8am 28 March) There are some fantastic solo works being performed as part of the annual "Marsh International Solo Festival" (The Marsh) - and one of them is by our own She Wrote The Letter playwright Kieran Carroll

Kieran's piece is called "Jean Smith". It's an excerpt from a longer monologue, with the character first appearing in the anti-gambling play, "Enough is Enough". "Jean Smith" will be performed by San Fransisco-based actor Ananda Bena-Weber, and forms part of a trio of works, followed by a Q and A.

More info here: https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream-international-solo-fest-2

Tickets to the Sunday session (which is Monday morning our time) here - pay what you can afford **$0-$20): https://ci.ovationtix.com/36078/production/1111962?performanceId=11021557

Or add to the Tip Jar afterward, donations go to the performers: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36078/store/donations/46946

THE MARSH ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS IN MarshStream International Solo Fest 2 LIVE STREAMING PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL March 25 – 27, 2022Live on Two Stages Via Zoom!Admission: Free (donations for per…

24/03/2022

SHE WROTE THE LETTER

Not long to go now. Tuesday-Friday SOLD OUT!! (Thanks everyone!).

Some tickets remain for the weekend shows:
Saturday 2pm & 7.30pm or Sunday, final show at 4pm: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/726742

She Wrote The Letter is a play based on the unlikely real friendship of two teenagers - Ute from East Germany and Tania from New Zealand. Drawn from a 30 year correspondence starting as pen pals in 1979, their letters affectionately map their navigation of the difficult East-West divide. A fascinati...

22/03/2022

Almost sold out!!! Just a few more tickets remaining for the premiere season of She Wrote The Letter.

Tickets: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

02/03/2022

Phantasmagoria

Want two free tickets to see the new Theatre Works show, Phantasmagoria for this Saturday night, 5 March 2022 at 7.30pm?

Opening tonight, Phantasmagoria explores the complex relationship between a woman and her violent father.

Audiences are taken through a sensorial feast flavoured with grief, love, loss, absurdity, and magical realism. Blending costume puppetry, shadow puppetry, animated imagery, and theatre, this evocative work gives physical life to the liminal realm of ghosts and the unseen. It was created and written by Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman and is being directed by our very own director of She Wrote The Letter, Cathy Hunt.

All you have to do, to enter is:

1/ like their Phantasmagoria page: https://www.facebook.com/Phantasmagoria-100220791593894

2/ leave a comment that includes the name of our show and/or links back to our page for She Wrote the Letter: https://www.facebook.com/SheWroteTheLetter

3/ also include the tag #supportlocaltheatre

Be quick! Theatre Works producers will be in touch directly with the recipients of the giveaway. If you miss out, maybe you’d like to book and go along anyway. ;)

Phantasmagoria is a fascinating, visually stunning show, premiering at Theatre Works, 14 Acland Street, St Kilda, March 2-12, 2022. 15+ Adult themes. More info & bookings link: https://bit.ly/phant2022

by Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman

22/10/2021

As lockdown begins to lift in Melbourne, finally we feel more confident to announce new dates for the premiere season of @SheWroteTheLetter. The preview will be 5 April 2022. Opening night 6 April 2022. Season running till 10 April at St Martin's in South Yarra. The producers will be in touch to talk about your ticket options shortly.

05/09/2021

We're working to secure new dates for She Wrote The Letter in November / December 2021. Please standby. We'll be in touch with ticketholders again as soon as we've confirmed the details.

07/08/2021

Was fantastic and lucky for us to squeeze in a visit to the Irene Mitchell Studio at St Martins on Monday morning, to start thinking and dream into the space we are staging She Wrote the Letter for. Ace newly refurbished dressing rooms too, all for our two fabulous cast Tania McNaughton & Maria Nordenberg!! #shewrotetheletter #penpals

28/06/2021

We're pleased to announce the new dates for She Wrote The Letter will be:
Tuesday 21 September - Sunday 26 September 2021 at St Martins Theatre in South Yarra.

Unfortunately, thanks to COVID, we haven't been able to rehearse properly - so we look forward to bringing you the play a little later in the year.

If you have booked tickets already, we'll be in touch shortly to talk about your options to: rebook, donate or request a refund.

We have four shows already sold out but there are still some tickets available for the final three shows over the weekend: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

Standby for further updates. Sending love to all our friends currently in lockdown in the meantime.

28/06/2021

We're pleased to announce the new dates for She Wrote The Letter will be:
Tuesday 21 September - Sunday 26 September 2021 at St Martins Theatre in South Yarra.

Unfortunately, thanks to COVID, we haven't been able to rehearse properly - so we look forward to bringing you the play a little later in the year.

If you have booked tickets already, we'll be in touch shortly to talk about your options to: rebook, donate or request a refund.

We have four shows already sold out but there are still some tickets available for the final three shows over the weekend: trybooking.com/BPJBQ

Standby for further updates. Sending love to all our friends currently in lockdown in the meantime.

19/05/2021

Meet Kieran Carroll, our writer for She Wrote The Letter

Kieran is a prolific, award-winning Melbourne playwright who writes dramas, biographical works, adaptations and comedies. He has had twenty-five plays produced in Australia, America and England and has received writing residencies around the world including the prestigious Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Productions include the highly successful "Sons of Sun" (Sydney Opera House, 2014 – 2018). In 2015, he was a commissioned playwright at Monash University, Frankston. The commission produced "The Truth is Longer Than a Lie", a research play adaptation about domestic child abuse from the non-fiction book of the same name by Dr Neerosh Mudaly. The play was published in November 2015 by Black Pepper Publishing and continues to tour. In February 2020, after sell-out shows across Melbourne, "NEWK: The John Newcombe Story" had further sold-out shows at the prestigious Glen Street Theatre, Sydney. "NEWK" will tour Victoria in August 2021.

Opening night for She Wrote The Letter has already sold out and other nights are looking like selling out too. So get in fast, book here to see the premiere of "She Wrote the Letter", written by Kieran in collaboration with award-winning director Cathy Hunt - and based on 30 years of written correspondence between Ute from East Germany and Tania from New Zealand
trybooking.com/BPJBQ

#shewrotetheletter
#penpals