Lucy, a white person with short light brown hair and blue eyes, looks back over their left shoulder at the camera. She is standing in front of a window with her right hand flattened against the glass. Only gray light and indistinct shapes can be seen through the frosted glass.

In the foreground, Lucy stands looking quizzically down at several sheets of paper she's holding. Behind them is a black stage, and behind that a black curtain. There's a large black box on the stage, with more paper visible on top of it.

Lucy, wearing a black coat, is hunkered in a half-kneeling position on a stage. They're holding a pile of papers in their right hand and turning over their left shoulder. There's a look of anticipation on her face, as though she's about to spring to her feet.

Autoeulogy

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Contemporary

South Australia

Yes, the world has ended. Yes, the last surviving human is hunkered in a bunker with enough chickpeas to last one (1) lifetime. But they're going to keep hope alive. They're going to reach the aliens. They're going to think of such a good ending for the show.

Autoeulogy first premiered in the 2020 Adelaide Fringe - you know, just before the world ended. It returns in 2022, following an intensive period of redevelopment with the support of a Breakout Residency from The Mill, an Arts & Culture grant from the City of Adelaide and an Artist Grant from the Fringe. The world has changed - have we?

Written and performed by Lucy Haas-Hennessy. Direction, design and dramaturgy from the inimitable Mary Angley.

★★★★ ½"... funny and sad, thoughtful and weird ... genuine and charming." Collage Adelaide

Presented by: Lucy Haas-Hennessy

Lucy Haas-Hennessy is an Adelaide-based actor and theatre-maker with a keen interest in devising original, contemporary text-based work. After graduating from the Adelaide College of the Arts, she pursued further training with Brisbane-based physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo, before travelling to New York as a Helpmann fellow to train with SITI Company in 2019. Theatremaking credits include TBA (2018), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are (2019), Autoeulogy (2020), A Slight Exaggeration (2021) and Hamlet in the Other Room (2021). They are a 2021 Zen Zen Zo Creative Entrepreneur, a co-founder of Good Company Theatre Collective, a member of RUMPUS Theatre, and an MEAA member.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

Haas-Hennessy is terrific delivering such eloquence at full speed – leaving us breathless and captivated... - Mark Wickett, Stage Whispers