Kate Fitzpatrick is one just of an ensemble of highly-regarded actors in Gaslight , the Queensland Theatre production coming to Newcastle for a seven-show run at the Civic Theatre starting June 19. Login or signup to continue reading While she is not the leading character of the production, it's fitting an actor of such reputation and professional depth is part of the cast. Starring Geraldine Hakewill, star of Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries , Toby Schmitz from Boy Swallows Universe, Fitzpatrick, and newcomer Courtney Cavallaro, the latest version of this psychological thriller is proving to be a play for our time.
Patrick Hamilton's original 1938 play introduced the world to the powerful term now used universally to describe an insidious form of deception and manipulation, with women so often the victims of this behaviour. The play, produced by Rodney Rigby's Newtheatricals, the same company that brought Come From Away to the Civic Theatre, is directed by Queensland Theatre's artistic director Lee Lewis. The 1944 film of Gaslight starred a young Angela Lansbury and Ingrid Bergman who won an Academy Award for her performance.
Angel Street, a s it was known on Broadway , was also a massive hit and remains one of the longest-running non-musicals in Broadway history with 1295 performances. The storyline of Gaslight : Young, trusting, and fragile - Bella Manningham thinks she's losing her mind. In the evenings, she hears strange noises.
The sitting-room gas lamps dim for no a.
