Speaking in Tongues
5 – 28 September 2024
Ad Astra, Fortitude Valley
Nine lives weave together in ways known and unknown in Andrew Bovell’s piercing drama, Speaking in Tongues. Leon is married to Sonja, Jane is married to Pete. By chance, each spouse meets the other’s one night and wind up in motel rooms. Pete and Sonja resist the one-night stand; Leon and Jane do not. A lonely man, Neil, pines for the love of his life, Sarah, who moved on decades ago. A woman, Valerie, goes missing and her stiletto was last seen in Nick’s car. Love, marriage, infidelity and betrayal are all tackled in this tense, electrifying play about the relationships between lovers, strangers, and the infinite ways people are entangled.
Speaking in Tongues won Andrew Bovell the AWGIE award in 1996. This play has been seen throughout Australia as well as in Europe and the US. Andrew Bovell adapted Speaking in Tongues for the screen as Lantana (2001) which won many awards, including seven AFIs, and is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime.
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