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Speaking in Tongues

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Two couples set out to betray their partners...

A lover returns from the past and a husband doesn’t answer the phone... A woman disappears and a neighbour is the prime suspect... Contracts are broken between intimates and powerful bonds are formed between strangers.

In Andrew Bovell’s masterfully interconnected polyphony, an evocative mystery unravels at the same time as a devastating tale of disconnection between individuals, partners and communities.

"A play of shimmering, iridescent beauty, revealing the marvellous in the everyday." - Financial Times

Read Melissa Reeves' response to Speaking in Tongues in Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats, a free essay from Currency Press. {{PlayboxLogo}}

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INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW BOVELL

'NOT IN PRINT' PODCAST, CURRENCY PRESS, MARCH 2013

In this episode we're talking about his AWGIE award-winning play Speaking in Tongues, which premiered in 1996 at Griffin Theatre in Sydney, and is now regarded as an Australian classic. Andrew also adapted the play for the screen - as Lantana - and it became one of the most acclaimed Australian films of all time.

REVIEW: SPEAKING IN TONGUES

JODI MCALISTER, THEATRE FROM THE BACK SEAT, 18 MARCH 2011

"Speaking In Tongues is the closest to a perfect script I have ever encountered."

INTERVIEW: ANDREW BOVELL (NOT IN PRINT PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 11 JULY 2013

Not in Print speaks to Australian playwright Andrew Bovell about his play 'Speaking in Tongues'.

AUDIO: PLAYWRIGHT'S NOTE ON SPEAKING IN TONGUES (PODCAST)

CURRENCY PRESS, 11 JULY 2013

Andrew Bovell introduces his play 'Speaking in Tongues'.

TEACHERS' NOTES: WHAT I WROTE BY ANDREW BOVELL

SNODGER MEDIA, 2009

This study guide for What I Wrote: Andrew Bovell has been written for senior secondary students. It provides information and suggestions for learning activities in English, Literature, Theatre Studies and Drama. PDF (1.0MB)

REVIEW: SPEAKING IN TONGUES

NO PLAIN JANE, 13 JULY 2011

"As a stage play, Speaking In Tongues draws its strength from intersections of lives. As a production, here it truly shines when the theatrically of Bovell’s script allows for the theatricality in the exploitation and integration of set, sound, and lights."

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