With heart, humour and searing observation, Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living is an honest and insightful look at the forces that bring people together.
When Ani is reunited with her estranged husband Eddie after a devastating accident, their relationship shifts from divorcing to caregiving. John is an affluent PhD candidate with cerebral palsy, and has no qualms about making his support worker – fellow graduate student and bartender-by-night Jess – uncomfortable about her reasons for choosing the job.
Through the lives of four mismatched souls striving for connection, Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning script lays bare the exquisite tenderness and cost of being human.
With an ensemble cast including Rachel Edmonds (When You Wore Braces), Mabel Li (Safe Home), Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road) and Oli Pizzey Stratford (Neighbours), Cost of Living taps into the essence of human connection and our universal need to care for others and ourselves.
Event Details:
Dates: 14 Sep — 19 Oct 2024
Duration: Approx. 2 hours with no interval
Ages: Not provided however based on the content and adult themes - we recommend at a minimum 16 years+.
Location: Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible, Hearing Assistance, Audio Described, Tactile Tour, Open Captioning, Closed Captioning and Auslan Interpreted available.
Accessible shows dates & times:
Tactile tour: Saturday 5 October at 2pm (Tactile tour commences at 1pm)
Audio described performances: Saturday 5 October at 2pm and Tuesday 8 October at 6.30pm
Captioned performance (Open and closed captions): Saturday 12 October at 2pm
Auslan interpreted performance: Tuesday 15 October at 6.30pm
Notes: This production contains coarse and derogatory language, use of herbal cigarettes, sexual references, nudity and mature themes.