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  • The Lawler
  • 20 November - 20 November

Performance Codes:

  • A Audio Described Performance
  • C Captioned Performance
  • E Education Performance
  • O Opening Night Performance
  • P Preview Performance
  • T Tactile Tour

Performance Venue:
The MTC Theatre, Lawler
140 Southbank Blvd
Southbank VIC

The Cybec Readings: If I Can Dream

Written by Natasha Jacobs, Director/Dramaturg: Petra Kalive
  • August 16 1977… Elvis has left the building. No. Not quite. The King Christ Church, led by Patricia Jenkins, believes that he will come again. And she's right. He does come again. But she never thought it would be like this. What would you do in the name of belief?

    Natasha Jacobs is a writer and performer. Her writing credits include Red, Fitter Patter and You’re Not The Boss Of Me which was produced at La Mama’s Carlton Courthouse in 2009. In 2010 she co-wrote and performed in Her Private Theatre directed by Laurence Strangio, also at La Mama.

    Petra Kalive is a director, writer, dramaturg and actor. She is a graduate of WAAPA and the PlayWriting Australia Dramaturge Graduate Program. Her recent dramaturgical credits include Melissa Bubnic’s Stop. Rewind for Red Stitch. She has directed extensively for St Martins Youth Theatre and in 2009 her adaptation of the Peter Goldsworthy novel Three Dog Night was staged at the Adelaide Festival Centre.

    The Cybec Readings are part of PreTEXT, MTC's Creative Development Program, and are proudly supported by The Cybec Foundation. These plays were developed with the assistance of the Australia Council as part of their Young and Emerging Artists Program.

  • Cast
    Danielle Carter
    Susie Dee
    Richie Hallal
    Terry Yeboah

    Creative
    Director - Petra Kalive