A story of love, infidelity and mistrust, and the play that led to the critically acclaimed Australian film Lantana.

Director: Geordie Brookman

Designer: Victoria Lamb

Lighting Designer: Geoff Cobham

Cast: Lizzy Falkland, Chris Pitman

Andrew Bovell's intriguing, seductive play Speaking in tongues is a mystery for grown ups. Laden with love, infidelity and mistrust, Speaking in tongues is the stage precursor to the highly successful Australian film Lantana, critically acclaimed, a huge popular success and awarded numerous accolades and prizes.

A woman alone in a phone box on a back road, a guilt-ridden cop, a man alone on the beach staring out to sea, a high heeled shoe being hurled into the bushes ... Bovell weaves together disparate images and flawed souls into a rich tapestry of fate, chance and consequence.

Both highly dramatic and wickedly funny, this is a strangely tender offering about making mistakes and living with the consequences. The play delves into the murky territory of intimacy and trust within relationships, revealing the darkers sides of our emotional selves. Suggesting the interweaving of our fates, Speaking in tongues is a provoking comment on the strangled communication that occurs between men and women.

An indisputable modern Australian classic by the acclaimed author of Holy day and When the rain stops falling.