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GOOD WITH MAPS
Good with Maps is an exquisite production, knotty, agrarian and ideologically blasphemous. It’s not easy – this is not a visit to the theatre to “chillax” – but it is untamed and necessary, lyrical and intense. I found myself hanging off every word and surprised when it reached its end." Lisa Thatcher - https://lisathatcher.com/2016/11/14/good-with-maps-journeys-without-within-and-through-time-theatre-review/ (this review is really worth reading in full!!)
“…every element in this production is in step and working together to create this fascinating and ultimately heartbreaking piece of theatre.” Ben Neutze, Daily Review - https://dailyreview.com.au/good-maps-review-kings-cross-theatre/51901/
“ It’s a robustly intellectual essay softened and moderated at the heart by the emotion of our final travelling. The linking of the two themes towards the end of the piece is almost throwaway, a breathtaking simplicity which belies the complexity and reach of the work.” Judith Greenaway, Sydney Arts Guide - http://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/good-with-maps-the-kings-cross-theatre/
When the world map was full of gaps, the Amazon topped the list of places unknown to western explorers.
Are there any ‘unknowns’ left?
On a trip to the Amazon, the writer ponders this + other questions as she struggles to deal with her father’s journey through Parkinson’s disease towards what is perhaps our last great unknown—death. Sometimes sad + confronting this performance essay also funny + thoughtful + celebrates the power of reading and literature to transport us to places both real + imagined.
Good With Maps was written with a New Work grant from the Literature Board of the Australia Council.
Good With Maps premiered as part of the INVISIBLE CIRCUS season at KXT in November, 2016.
WINNER: Best Score or Sound Design (Nate Edmondson) Sydney Theatre Critics Awards
NOMINATION: Best Director (Kate Gaul) Sydney Theatre Critics Awards
GOOD WITH MAPS
Writer Noëlle Janaszweska
Director Kate Gaul
Designer Alice Morgan
Composer Nate Edmondson
Lighting Designer Louise Mason
Performer Jane Phegan
Sydney 2016, 2017
Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Critical Stages Touring NSW 2018
Parramatta Riverside 2021
Earl Art Centre, Launceston 2021
Dock on the Bay, Hobart 2021
