Love Me Tender

18 March - 11 April

Behind the Scenes Book Tickets

The Power of Yes

17 April - 30 May

The Sapphires

26 May - 20 June

Measure for Measure

5 June - 25 July

Gwen in Purgatory

31 July - 19 September

Namatjira

25 September - 7 November

The Diary of a Madman

4 December - 6 February

A co-production with Griffin Theatre Company and ThinIce

Dazzingly scripted by Tom Holloway, cannily directed by Matt Lutton. The West Australian

Love Me Tender brings two of Australia's best young theatre makers together. Perth Now

Tom Holloway is one of the rising stars of Australian theatre.
The Age

Matthew Lutton … is fast establishing his reputation as one of Australian theatre's most exceptional talents.
WA Today

Tom Holloway

Matthew Lutton

With
Belinda McClory, Luke Hewitt, Kris McQuade, Arky Michael and Colin Moody

On an expectant stage – a dreamscape of an Australian backyard – five actors tease out the story of a father and daughter. They question each other, they watch each other, they confess, they draw each other along. By the end of the story, modern life has been engulfed in fire, and a tale of pure love has become a tragedy of leadership and sacrifice.

Love Me Tender is a play of beauty and emotional power. Inspired by Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis, Tom Holloway has orchestrated a thrilling vision of contemporary Australia drawn from our experiences of the Black Saturday bushfires, of raunch culture and pre-teen sexuality, and of our domestic rituals. This is exquisite writing about our fears and expectations of fathers, about the extremities of love, and about the need for action when the world comes undone.

Tom is one of the country’s most exciting young writers. Matthew Lutton is one of the country’s most original young directors. Their collaboration began with Griffin Theatre Company’s Don’t Say the Words at the Stables in 2008. We’ve teamed up with Griffin and Western Australia’s ThinIce to give Tom and Matthew room to dream large. We’re thrilled to welcome them to Belvoir St.