Violet – A Road Musical with Heart

After a year of delays, lock-downs and frustration, Lane Cove Theatre Company’s 2022 season finally ‘takes off’ this May.

The multi-award-winning musical Violet follows a scarred woman as she embarks on a cross-country bus trip to be healed by a minister and discovers the true meaning of beauty along the way.

It has themes of strength, love, awareness, and growth. As a girl, Violet was struck by a wayward axe blade when her father was chopping wood, leaving her with a visible scar across her face. With enough money finally saved, she's travelling across the Deep South in 1964 towards a miracle — the healing touch of a TV evangelist whom she believes will make her beautiful. And – if she does not succeed in having her physical scar healed - Violet may be able to repair those scars that lie deeper than her skin.

Directed by Kathryn Thomas (assisted by Lucy Koschel) with musical direction by Stephen Dula, Violet stars Chelsea Taylor in the title role, along with Lindford Gilmour, Tommy Green, Taylor Swan, Trent Gardiner, Miriam Rihani, Sam Howes, Isaac Downey and Carmel Paris Rodriguez.  

From the composer of Fun Home, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Caroline, or Change comes a road story with heart. New York Times critic Charles Isherwood praised Jeanine Tesori’s “best” and “most accessible” music, rich with flavours of country, gospel, blues and honky-tonk rock. Winner of the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical and nominated for a Tony award, Violet’s redemptive story and beautiful score will warm your spirit and touch your heart.

Lane Cove Theatre Company presents

VIOLET by Jeanine Tesori. Book & Lyrics by Brian Crawley

Directed by Kathryn Thomas, Musical Direction by Stephen Dula

13-29 May 2022 Fridays & Saturdays 7.30pm, Sundays 2pm

The Performance Space @ St Aidan’s - 1 Christina Street, Longueville

Tickets $30 / $25  (special group + cheese plate deals available!)

Discounts available for groups 10+

Bookings online at: www.trybooking.com/BURZT 

More info at www.lanecovetheatrecompany.com

This is a Covid-safe event with reduced capacity; bookings are essential and limited.

Photographer: Jim Crew