A SINGLE ACT

$5.40 – $19.00

A RED DOOR PUBLICATION

A Single Act follows the relationships between two couples, Scott and Michelle and Neil and Clea, after a devastating terrorist attack in the city where they live.

At the beginning of the play, Neil and Clea return home separately, overjoyed to find each other alive. The narrative then jumps a year on and we see the final stages of Scott and Michelle's relationship which had begun on the day of the attack.

A Single Act deftly and painfully dissects the two relationships, one running forward in time to its end the other backwards to its beginning, and examines how a single political event can change people's trajectories irrevocably.

"A courageous play, a daring play..." - Herald Sun

"Jane Bodie's play combines a stylised structure with naturalistic, domestic detail to great effect... Bodie's dialogue is intelligent, often witty and cleverly observed." - The Age

Tom Healey in Conversation with Jane Bodie about A Single Act:

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REVIEW: A SINGLE ACT

ALISON CROGGON, THEATRE NOTES, 8 MAY 2006

"A Single Act is the first in a studio season of new writers, "Young Turks, vibey up-and-coming writers we predict will be the future of Australian theatre writing," as artistic director Simon Phillips has it. And I think in this instance they've got it right: Bodie is an impressive talent."

ARTICLE: ACT OF CLARITY AMID CHAOS

ROBIN USHER, THE AGE, 5 MAY 2006

"A Single Act was commissioned by the Sydney Theatre Company's Blueprints program, but was produced in Hampstead last year and, to her surprise, "right-wing papers like The Times" gave it good reviews."

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