The Year of Magical Thinking
By Joan Didion

Season: 7 – 25 February 2009
Venue: Dolphin Theatre
Director: Kate Cherry
Set & Costume Designer: Christina Smith
Lighting Designer: Matt Scott
Composer: Iain Grandage
Associate Director: Paul English
Starring: Helen Morse
Musician: Iain Grandage

A Perth International Arts Festival Event.

Joan Didion’s stage adaptation of her own best-selling, Pulitzer prize-nominated memoir is an exquisite chronicle of the year she spent imagining her husband’s return after she witnessed him die suddenly of a heart attack.

Two leading lights of the Australian theatre, Helen Morse and Iain Grandage (along with his cello) will grace our stage to bring this highly moving memoir to life. Helen Morse has received national acclaim for her work, which shares Joan Didion’s searing quest for truth and Iain Grandage has been celebrated nationally and internationally for his lyrical compositions for theatre.

This one woman play, rich with pathos, exposes the beauty and terror that we all find in the transience of life, and celebrates the power of the imagination to help us survive.

Tickets: Standard $48, Concession $40, Groups 8+ $38 (plus 1 free ticket for every 10 tickets purchased), Previews $38, Students $20
Bookings: BOCS Ticketing, ph (08) 9484 1133, Groups 8+ ph (08) 9321 6831, http://www.bocsticketing.com.au/events/blackswan_season.shtml#.
More info: www.bsstc.com.au

The Year of Magical Thinking is also touring remote and regional venues in WA. Dates and venues are as follows;

Fri 27 February, 8.00pm
Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, Bunbury
Ph: 1300 661 272 or online www.bunburyentertainment.com

Sat 28 February, 8.00pm
Margaret River Cultural Centre, Margaret River
Ph: 9758 7316 or online www.artsmargaretriver.com

Wed 4 March, 8.00pm
Albany Town Hall Theatre, Albany
Ph: 9844 2222 or online www.albanytownhall.com.au/shows.html

Sat 7 March, 8.00pm
Cummins Theatre, Merredin
Ph: 9041 3295 or online www.cumminstheatre.com.au

Tues 10 March, 8.00pm
Performing Arts Centre, Moora
Ph: 9651 1401

Thur 12 March, 8.00pm
Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton
Ph: 9956 6662 or email helenp@cgg.wa.gov.au

Sat 14 March, 8.00pm
Town Hall, Denham
Ph: 9948 1039 or 9948 1757

Tues 17 March, 8.00pm
Camel Lane Theatre, Carnarvon
Ph: 9941 1146

Thurs 19 March, 8.00pm
Performing Arts Centre, Tom Price
Ph: 9188 1112

Sat 21 March, 8.00pm
Recreation Centre, Newman
Ph: 9175 1020 Mob: 0400 611 840 or email: newmanyouth@iinet.net.au

Tues 24 March, 8.00pm
Matt Dann Cultural Centre, Port Hedland
Ph: 9158 9361 or email: eventsassist@porthedland.wa.gov.au

Thurs 26 March, 8.00pm
Walkington Theatre, Karratha
Ph: 9159 6860 or online www.pilbaratafe.wa.edu.au/walkington/

Sat 28 March, 8.00pm
Shire Hall, Exmouth
Ph 9949 1622.

Fri 3 April, 8.00pm
Leisure Centre, Kunnunurra
Ph: 9168 2120

For further information please log on to http://bsstc.com.au/on-the-road/