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Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University

Andrea Gibbs’ Carol: a heartfelt Christmas tale in which comedy and crisis collide

Daniel J Grant

Following a year in the life of an “ordinary” woman, Carol, Andrea Gibbs’ second play for Black Swan State Theatre Company is a real original.

Moving between moments in front of the curtain and scenes behind the proscenium, the play works as a series of vignettes. Interspersed throughout are live musical interludes – most of them original compositions – with musical director Jackson Harper Griggs on keyboard.

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