The End of Winter
What’s happening to winter? In hot, bushfire-prone Australia our winters are becoming warmer and shorter. Will climate change eventually erase the season, leaving it to exist only in paintings, fairytales and historical accounts? 'The End of Winter' is a performance essay about loss and resilience. It’s about the places the writer goes in search of the cold weather she loves—places she can reach via public transport and the imagination.
“An elegy for the romance of cold and for the imminent loss of seasons…” Sydney Morning Herald
★ ★ ★ ★ “It’s a bravura performance from Jane Phegan…a theatrical experience of bonewarming depth and of hope.” Reviews by Judith
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "... often enlightening, often sobering, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Recommended.” Stage Noise
Presented by: Sydney Fringe: Made in Sydney and Siren Theatre Co
Siren Theatre Co is an independent theatre company based in Sydney. We commission and produce new Australian plays, classics, make plays for young people, partner with producing and presenting organisations to give our vital artists and audiences bold imaginative experiences.
Siren is always evolving but these things hold true: the work would look ridiculous in other mediums; always tell a good story; keep the actor at the centre of the work; don’t add to the crap in the world; the work will be beautiful, rigorous, imaginative, and timely.
Telling female centred stories; interpreting plays through a female centred lens is as important as supporting vibrant female artists. This is key to many programming decisions. Not exclusively. But preferably.
Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts
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... a bravura performance from Jane Phegan…a theatrical experience of bone warming depth and of hope. - Judith (and Friends), Reviews by Judith
... enlightening, often sobering, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Recommended! - Diana Simmonds, Stage Noise
Exquisitely written … directed with light touch by Kate Gaul ... a paean to winter, sung in the key of anticipatory loss. - Kate Pendergast, Audrey Journal
... “…an elegy for the imminent loss of seasons and a love letter to the cold... - Cassie Tongue, Sydney Morning Herald
part sensory,part scientific, part history, totally literate and humongously heartfelt. - Richard Cotter, Sydney Arts Guide