An older man wearing a hat and long coat sits on top of a vintage suitcase and smiles. In the background, a younger actor peers at him through theatre curtains.

An older man wearing a vintage hat and holding a saxophone smiles.

A man dressed in old-fashioned suit sits on an armchair with a pile of vintage suitcases in front of him. He is pointing at something we can't see.

CANCELLED - Cases

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Music

New South Wales • SA Premiere

A well-dressed man places three old suitcases on stage. "Each of these cases contains a story", he tells the audience. "Which one do you want me to open?" So begins 'Cases', a virtuoso storytelling performance that weaves together ideas about truth, desire and authenticity with some smokin’ live music.

Written and directed by Helen Hopcroft, 'Cases' stars multi-instrumentalist and actor Tony Jozef. Every performance is unique, depending on which cases the audience chooses to open. And each of the stories is narrated by a memorable character from three radically different worlds.

Presented by: Helen Hopcroft

Helen Hopcroft is an artist, writer and producer based in Maitland, NSW. Her erotic novella, The Nights, published by Spineless Wonders, will be launched at the 2024 Newcastle Writers Festival. Helen's latest show is Cases, a unique blend of live music and storytelling performed by her actor/musician husband, Tony Jozef. Early versions of the show have delighted audiences at Sydney Fringe, Dobell Festival and IF Maitland.
Helen holds a Masters degree in Painting from the Royal College of Art and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Newcastle. Some of her paintings are in the collection of Adelaide icon, Robyn Archer.
Helen once spent a year dressed as Marie Antoinette and is now writing a memoir, My Year as a Fairy Tale, about the experience @myyearasafairytale