Melbourne Theatre Company The University Of Melbourne
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  • The Sumner
  • 8 August - 20 September
  • Running Time: 2 hours no interval
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  • A Audio Described Performance
  • C Captioned Performance
  • E Education Performance
  • O Opening Night Performance
  • P Preview Performance
  • T Tactile Tour

‘Murray-Smith has Oscar Wilde’s gift for one-liners.’ - Daily Mail

Rockabye

by Joanna Murray-Smith
  • 'Simon Phillips gives the play a spectacularly stylish production and his fine cast eats up the stage' The Australian

    'Brian Thomson's set includes some terrific show-stopping pieces' The Age 

    Sidney Jones was - briefly - a pop sensation in the 1980's. Now, she's forty, facing bankruptcy and heading towards pop oblivion. But armed with a promising new album and a household of flunkies, including her toy-boy, personal assistant and desparate manager, Sidney thinks she has one last chance at A-list glory ... but she's also attempting to adopt a baby from Africa to fulfil her passionate desire for motherhood.

    Baby hunger. Returning to the feisty mood of her hit The Female of the Species, Joanna Murray-Smith in Rockabye gives our self-involved, celebrity-obsessed culture a satirical duff-up.

    Photography: Earl Carter

    Production Partner:

    GSJBWERE

  • Cast
    Kate Atkinson
    Betty Bobbitt
    Daniel Frederiksen
    Zahra Newman
    Richard Piper
    Nicki Wendt
    Pacharo Mzembe

    Creative
    Director - Simon Phillips
    Set Designer - Brian Thomson
    Lighting Designer - Philip Lethlean
    Costume Designer - Esther Marie Hayes
    Composer/Sound Designer - Peter Farnan

  • The Australian

    Likely hit Rockabye lands punch to celebrity - Alison Croggon, The Australian

    'ROCKABYE is, by several notches, Joanna Murray-Smith's best play. And it's probably the best commercial play I've seen for ages.' To read the full article click here.

    Australian Stage

    Rockabye - Penelope Broadbent

    'This week the Sumner Theatre held the premiere of Rockabye, a work by one of Australia’s most successful contemporary playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith.' To read the full article click here.