By Tommy Murphy
Belvoir Upstairs Theatre, La Boite Brisbane, Geelong Performing Arts Centre
‘Tommy Murphy’s new play is as deft and pungent a comedy as you are likely to see this year or any other. ‘
Jason Blake, Sydney Morning Herald
Photography: Clare Hawley
Director: Neil Armfield
Assistant/Touring director: Cristabel Sved
Set Designer Stephen Curtis
Costume Designer Bruce McKinven
Lighting Designer David Walters
Sound Designer Paul Charlier
Dramaturg Eamon Flack
Stage Manager Mark Lowrey
Cast: Nathaniel Dean, Grant Dodwell, Sue Ingleton, Melissa Jaffer, Pacharo Mzembe
Written specially for Belvoir, Gwen in Purgatory is Tommy Murphy’s brilliant existential comedy about an African missionary in the wilderness of Australian suburbia. Gwen’s brood of ordinary souls is battling along in a changing world and wringing out the last drops of their matriarch’s faith.