The Memory Mirror
OPEN STUDIO

The Memory Mirror – presented for Gasworks’ OPEN STUDIO by Georgina Luck 

On the last Monday of each month, Gasworks is giving our Studio Theatre over to the independent artists of Melbourne for OPEN STUDIO. Come and see the next generation of artists and works – first – at Gasworks. You never know where they will end up. 

In a close-knit mountain town, a black cockatoo delivers a cryptic SOS message – forcing a traumatized paramedic to confront buried memories. Can he decode the plea for help, or will personal demons cloud his judgement and risk repeating history? Developed as part of Gasworks Script Lab 2024, ‘The Memory Mirror’ explores such weighty themes as trauma, memory loss and aging before championing the healing power of community. The stage play is inspired by admiration for the carers in our society, who dedicate their lives to helping others yet face some of the highest levels of trauma. Presented as a rehearsed reading, this development showcase offers an intimate first look at an exciting new play. Audiences are invited into the story at a rare and revealing stage of its creation.

About Georgina Luck

Georgina Luck is an award-winning fiction writer and scriptwriter as well as a film producer and professional fundraiser. Her short stories have been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies including Griffith REVIEW, Southerly, Overland, Etchings, Famous Reporter, two Margaret River Press anthologies and ‘The Sky Falls Down’ anthology edited by Gina Mercer and Terry Whitebeach.Georgina received the 2009 Griffith REVIEW/Text Publishing Emerging Writers Award-Fiction; she has won two national scriptwriting competitions and has been commended in various national fiction and scriptwriting awards. She is the founder of the G Luck Productions independent arts collective. The collective has worked with some of Australia’s most iconic actors such as Anne-Louise Lambert (‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’), Tiriel Mora (‘The Castle’) and Don Bridges (‘Jack Irish’). Their short films ‘The Last Babushka Doll’ and ‘Broken Boat’ have screened at numerous national and international film festivals and received very positive feedback (e.g. “This beautiful, exceptional film has stayed with me as a presence of rare grace” – former Varuna Writers Centre CEO, Peter Bishop). ‘The Memory Mirror’ is the collective’s first full-length stage play.

The project is supported by the Australian Cultural Fund and Creative Australia BOOST program, the Cybec Foundation and numerous crowdfunding donors.

Companion Card Holder tickets are available. To book, please contact the Gasworks Front Desk on (03) 8606 4200 during office hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm.