Bombshells

Bombshells

By Joanna Murray-Smith.

Directed by Jordan Best.

Ordinary women, extraordinary chaos.

With singing, dancing, comedy and the joys of sheer honesty, Joanna Murray-Smith’s acclaimed play Bombshells is a journey from crisis to hilarity, via the thoughts of a group of women all linked by more than just their proximity to the edge; a nervous bride-to-be, an exhausted young mother, a widow with a yearning for the unexpected, a broken-hearted cactus lover, and a feisty teenage talent-quest competitor.

Joy, drama, crisis, fear, revelation – there are times where you have to remain cool and calm on the outside. The inside, meanwhile, is a flailing monologue of personal pep talks, perish-the-thoughts and perpetual panic. Bombshells strips back the masks we wear to reveal the things that sometimes we’d just love to say out loud.

The Cast

Ella Buckley

Lainie Hart

Amy Kowalczuk

Sally Taylor

Louise Bennet

Creative Team

Writer – Joanna Murray-Smith

Director – Jordan Best

‘O’Shaunnesy The Mystery Cat’ – Composition – Andrew Hackwill

‘O’Shaunnesy The Mystery Cat’ – Arrangement – Leisa Keen

Sound Design and Music – Jordan Best and William Best

Lighting Design – Jacob Aquilina

Production Design – Roz Hall, Jordan Best

About The Company

Echo is a professional theatre company with a home at The Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, committed to producing high quality, low carbon footprint, productions designed to tour from the outset, reducing remount costs and the environmental impacts associated with having to redesign work to tour. Echo Theatre works to reverse the traditional touring flow by getting regionally produced work to other venues across NSW and Australia.