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Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University

The Smallest Stage is an intricately crafted play for families about incarceration – and the power of stories

Perth Festival/Ben Yew

Review: The Smallest Stage, by Kim Crotty for Perth Festival

A small, white rectangle taped onto the wide, open expanse of the Studio Underground playing space is a literal representation of one of the small stages evoked by the play’s title. But The Smallest Stage goes way beyond the literal to recreate its primary focus: the space between a parent telling a child a story.

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