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Things I Know to be True

By Andrew Bovell

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Directed by Carla Moore

One year in the life of an Australian family as they discover the sweet pain of finding out the truth about each other and themselves. Bob and Fran Price have been married for 30 years, brought up four children and kept their sense of humour. Their eldest is married with children of her own, the boys are successfully pursuing careers and their youngest has just left home to backpack around Europe for a year. It should be time to stop and smell Bob’s precious roses. But just when things should be slowing down, it becomes clear that a parent’s work is never really complete. Funny and poignant, Things I Know to be True is a beautifully crafted play from award winning Australian playwright Andrew Bovell.

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4.7 / 5.0 based on 175 reviews

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     An interesting play and impressed with the acting and the scenery which is always very clever for such a small stage.

Nov 23, 2024
by: Patricia Smith

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   Fantastic play, really enjoyed. Fabulous actors, excellent directing. Looking forward to Carla’s next production

Nov 09, 2024
by: David Andrews

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Nov 01, 2024
by: Verified consumer

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   Didnt goto this so pls ignroe couldnt get rid of the sat

Nov 01, 2024
by: Dean Riebolge

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Apr 14, 2024
by: 8 Fenessy

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Nov 19, 2023
by: Sue Craig

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     Excellent

Nov 13, 2023
by: Jill Steverson

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Nov 12, 2023
by: Helen Buick

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Nov 10, 2023
by: Philip Cooper

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Nov 06, 2023
by: Yenda Holland

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Nov 05, 2023
by: Colleen Welsby

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 This was by far and away the best play I've seen in the last few years. (I really enjoyed "In Duty Bound" as well - it really got me thinking about all sorts of issues.) I enjoyed "Things I know to be true" so much that I considered attending another performance. This didn't happen, but I borrowed a copy of the play from the library (had an enormous amount of trouble to get it - only available from Fisher Library at Sydney Uni); read it as soon as I got it!

Nov 05, 2023
by: Lynne Munich

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 I loved Things I know to be True…. Story feels very much like what could happen in many Australian families. Loved the monologues and it’s very emotional. I would recommend this play to anybody who might want to feel emotional.

Nov 03, 2023
by: Linda Gock

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Aug 14, 2023
by: Elizabeth Tugwell

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Jun 29, 2023
by: Christine Lodge

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 Excellent play, recommended to me (a friend had seen it elsewhere, Possibly Seymour Cente or Belvoir a few years before) and I'm very glad I saw it too

May 06, 2023
by: Denise Corscadden

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May 05, 2023
by: Greg Blackford

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Apr 23, 2023
by: Jillian Michie

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     dealt with some interesting family issues. Monologs were excellent then the cast interaction iced the cake. Thanks

Apr 22, 2023
by: Ralsph Thorp

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Apr 20, 2023
by: Valerie Flint

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     One of the best we have been to. Thought provoking. sensitively handled and excellent acting. First class.

Nov 23, 2022
by: Gallagher Wal

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Nov 21, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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     As usual a great performance. Very funny and the performers were as usual extremely good. Looking forward to the next years shows. Thanks to all for all their hard work.

Nov 20, 2022
by: Anne Roberts

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     One of the slowest and most disappointing plays I’ve ever seen at Chester St.

Nov 20, 2022
by: Heather Blackadder

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       Such a funny, tragic and poignant play. I giggled and cried in equal measures.

Nov 20, 2022
by: Caroline Edwards

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Nov 19, 2022
by: Arthur Murgatroyd

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Nov 19, 2022
by: Ruth Elmslie

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       Great work!

Nov 18, 2022
by: ELVA HARRIS

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   Lady who played the lead was very good

Nov 12, 2022
by: Christine Grech

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Nov 12, 2022
by: Linda Maas

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Nov 06, 2022
by: Leonard Regan

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     Fantastic show. Acting was very very good - such an emotional experience. Well done to everyone involved.

Nov 05, 2022
by: Evadne De Beer

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 Yes it was enjoyable which is why we booked again.

Nov 05, 2022
by: Christine Yates

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     Loved this play. The acting, sets, pace of dialogue kept us engaged.

Aug 22, 2022
by: Jean Burke

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Aug 17, 2022
by: Robert Matheson

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       The script was great - full of "humanity" as the Director said. The presentation(staging/set/choreography was innovative, simple, and apt -great! The acting was very very good - very professional, nuanced. Thank you for a wonderful play.:)

Aug 16, 2022
by: Beverly White

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Aug 14, 2022
by: Anne McCormack

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   Great cast Thought provoking play Could identify personally or knew someone facing one or more of the situations explored

Aug 13, 2022
by: Allan Donald

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Aug 13, 2022
by: Christine Cherry

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     This was my first ever Chester St show after I was gifted a subscription for Christmas.

Aug 11, 2022
by: Trevor Ballantine

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Aug 08, 2022
by: Glenn Rosewell

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   So well acted. Just not quite so keen on the subject matter.

Aug 08, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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Aug 08, 2022
by: Carol Hancock

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     Thought the acting was brilliant, and Rosie in the opening scene was great, as I have a granddaughter the same age, the feeling was she conveying resonated with me. Thought the last scene was rather raw compared to the rest of the play, have thought about how it could be done differently but find it difficult.

Aug 07, 2022
by: Margaret Fisher

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Aug 07, 2022
by: Chris Lewis

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     Very interesting play. It must have brought up quite a few issues for members of the audience. I thought the perfor4mers did a very plausible job. Well acted.Loved being there at the theatre. Great atmosphere.

Aug 07, 2022
by: Liz Nelson

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 Very moving. Talented cast. Recommended it to friends who also thought the show was fabulous.

Aug 07, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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Aug 07, 2022
by: Rodney Elvish

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   It was excellent very well presented

Aug 07, 2022
by: Michael Wood

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       Truly believable , flawed people , just like us . Compelling performances by all . Could understand why some patrons found this subject matter confronting .

Aug 07, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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Aug 07, 2022
by: Bernice Woodbury

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Aug 04, 2022
by: Charmaine Crane

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   Very good play well done!

Jul 31, 2022
by: David Cuddihy

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   Sorry, I could not attend as I did not think the event was Covid safe.

Jul 31, 2022
by: Heather Johnson

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   Personally, I hate to see people fighting and screaming at each other. I have seen too much of it in my lifetime.

Jul 31, 2022
by: Leonie Finnigan

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   Quite possibly the best performance we have seen and enjoyed in our dozen or so years as subscribers. The storyline was so true to life and emotional. The performance by all cast members was exemplary and we would still be applauding if you had hung around longer on stage.    

Jul 31, 2022
by: John Marr

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Jul 31, 2022
by: Marjorie Caws-Latta

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     Really enjoyed it! Thanks!

Jul 31, 2022
by: Betty Alves

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Jul 30, 2022
by: Anthony Killin

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Jul 30, 2022
by: Alicia Slaterd

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Jul 30, 2022
by: Donna Evans

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  One of the best plays I've seen for years. I loved the plot and the cast & performance of the actors were brilliant. Most enjoyable. 5+ stars from me and my wife.

Jul 30, 2022
by: Joseph Furlong

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   Really good.

May 23, 2022
by: Tracey Okeby Lucan

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May 18, 2022
by: Bernadette Trompp

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   Best performance I e seen in a very long time. Brilliant!!!

May 15, 2022
by: Kimberley Henderson

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May 15, 2022
by: Jollee Sacco

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May 15, 2022
by: Catherine Hayes

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 The best play Theatre on Chester has ever done. Belvoir look out! Congratulations to Carla, the cast & the crew. You brought Andrew Bovell's fine script alive. The set and choreography were so creative, and the lighting & sound was nicely complementary. Freya's opening monologue was remarkable, setting a bar that every following act somehow managed to match. It was an exemplary performance. Well done and thank you!

May 15, 2022
by: Bronwyn Bockenstein

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May 15, 2022
by: Pauline Calder

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   The play, the acting, the set are all great! We had a wonderful night! Thank you. We were wondering if it would consider to post on your web site or email to subscribers the information about the actors. I love reading the information about the troup on the wall in the hall during an internal, but sometimes we get caught up chatting with friends and run out of time. If really love to learn more about the actors in your plays. This production was fantastic! Congratulations!

May 15, 2022
by: Anna Baoutina

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May 15, 2022
by: Marilyn Biffin

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May 15, 2022
by: John Fenessy

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   Brilliant

May 14, 2022
by: Eileen Clements

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May 14, 2022
by: Robin King

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May 14, 2022
by: Robyn Scarf

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     Excellent

May 14, 2022
by: Bryan Cox

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May 14, 2022
by: Ida Shi

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May 14, 2022
by: Clive Hillier

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May 14, 2022
by: Vesna Koncar

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  Amazing performances by a talented cast, cannot wait to see what they do next. Well done.

May 13, 2022
by: Emmajane ODonoghue

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 I first saw 'Things I Know to  be True', on 23rd April with another couple. It was amazing!! I had to see it again!! I wanted to take my 3 adult children. We were all able to go on Mother's Day. It was brilliant!! My 3 are still raving about it and have told everyone. They are still ringing me to say it was the best show and time together. The actors delivered there lines with such gusto! Amazing!! It was very emotional, funny and pulled

May 13, 2022
by: Anney Evans

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May 13, 2022
by: Ann Sayers

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  What a professional production! The actors were brilliant!

May 12, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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   Great powerful play

May 12, 2022
by: Karen Wacando

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May 12, 2022
by: Ian Speirs

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   A great play done with great aplomb. I really enjoyed the experience. Ian Boland was a stand out in a group of strong, highly engaging actors

May 12, 2022
by: Verity Morris

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   Excellent play with superb performances by all the actors. Congratulations 👏

May 12, 2022
by: Sapna Lazarus

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   4 stars because online booking system didn’t work Not your fault! Such a professional production Congratulations to all the cast

May 12, 2022
by: Catherine Kennedy

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   An excellent production and performance. One of the best we have seen from the theatre.

May 12, 2022
by: Graham Downes

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May 12, 2022
by: Tibor Molnar

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   Good story, great acting. Most enjoyable with plenty to think about.

May 12, 2022
by: Kay Mosssie

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May 10, 2022
by: Erica Garvey

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May 10, 2022
by: Ann Osborn

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May 09, 2022
by: Joan Skillen

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 Impressive performances, and an emotionally charged play. Well done Carla, cast and crew.

May 09, 2022
by: Susan Andrews

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   This was the most amazing play and presented with such professionalism. It moved me to tears at the end of the first act and again at the end of the performance. Brilliant cast and brilliant production

May 09, 2022
by: Carole Elvin

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May 08, 2022
by: Helen Cummins

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May 08, 2022
by: Lyn Page

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   Best show I have seen in a long time. Fantastic performances. Don’t miss this one.

May 08, 2022
by: Liz Coote

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May 08, 2022
by: Monica Ducrou

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May 08, 2022
by: Allanah Jarman

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May 08, 2022
by: Jillian Taylor

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 A family friendly play about close relationships and conflicts within an ordinary Australian family. I like it because it is heart warming, honest, sympathetic and real-life, the opposite of 'avant garde', 'post modernist', pretentious sophistication. Good ensemble acting, with mum Fran (Julie Moore) a standout performance!

May 08, 2022
by: Catherine Chan

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May 07, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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   The play was outstanding. The direction and acting were all first class. We have recommended the play to others as a must see.

May 07, 2022
by: Jody Aiken

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May 07, 2022
by: Colin Mennell

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May 07, 2022
by: Bobby Babin

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   Extremely thought provoking with excellent cast.

May 07, 2022
by: Lynette Egglestone

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May 07, 2022
by: Merryn Horrocks

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     A powerful, professional and moving play. Acting was 1st class - superb. The set was very clever with the changing of rose bushes - simple but very effective. I loved interweaving of the beginning and the ending - clever.

May 07, 2022
by: Lynne Pursley

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May 07, 2022
by: Yvonne Ashfield

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May 07, 2022
by: Katherine Molnar

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May 07, 2022
by: Annette Earnshaw

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   Beautifully sad

May 05, 2022
by: Jamie Palangio

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May 05, 2022
by: Wendy Mulder

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May 05, 2022
by: Barbara Karet

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   A thought-provoking play and well acted.

May 05, 2022
by: Carolyn Alfonzetti

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   Such a moving and emotional production. The cast were so believable in their roles, so many social issues, so close to home.

May 05, 2022
by: Lynne Montague

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  Loved the play and the actors were all amazing. It was intense and this morning I was still contemplating the complexity of family relationships in the play.

May 05, 2022
by: Noreen Cronin

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 Amazing show!

May 05, 2022
by: Michael Andrews

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May 04, 2022
by: David Boland

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  This play has proven to be thought provoking long after the play ended. Well cast and a great set. Excellent effort by Theatre on Chester. The near full house audience were most appreciative of the return to a live show.

May 04, 2022
by: Keith Leslie

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 The actors were brilliant in their performance and delivery. The set was excellent - simple but very relevant to the story line. It was a good feature for the sponsorship of the Lismore group.

May 04, 2022
by: Tim Radford

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May 03, 2022
by: Sue Broune

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   A good show. Some dialogue lost to the back of the set.

May 02, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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May 02, 2022
by: Felicity Macdonald

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     One of your best shows overall. Cast did a terriffic job with such an emotionally charged dialogue.

May 02, 2022
by: Patricia & Jon Whealy

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May 02, 2022
by: Kaye Carter

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   Fantastic show, the play and the cast were awesome

May 02, 2022
by: Phoebe Faulkner

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       This play was absolutely fantastic. The best I’ve ever seen. I was crying happy tears. The acting was so real. I have recommended to anyone I talk to that they should absolutely go and see this 😊😊😊😊

May 01, 2022
by: Annmaree Fowler

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May 01, 2022
by: Bella Ford

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   Excellent play with excellent cast; staging brilliant; first class.

May 01, 2022
by: Laurie Byrne

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   Really enjoyed the play. Great acting and excellent script. A great night out.

May 01, 2022
by: Marie Cloonan

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    We both thought the play was brilliant . Superb acting and the set was very clever

May 01, 2022
by: Rosalie Rungie

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May 01, 2022
by: Pooja Joseph

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   Thoroughly enjoyable evening with 6 excellent actors. I would be happy to all of the actors in any play I'm directing.

May 01, 2022
by: Glenn Levett

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 Excellent script. Marvellous acting. The set, the lighting .. all good. We found the characters and situations very relatable. Our congratulations to cast, crew and director. Loved it!

May 01, 2022
by: Barry & Valerie Worswick

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May 01, 2022
by: Jacquie Boult

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     This play was a brilliant masterpiece of human observation. Carla Moore aced its interpretation and the production was top notch! The cast was incredibly skilled and the total effect was intense and spellbinding. One could feel the powerful connections between players and audience. The entire experience moved many in the audience to tears. We all saw something of ourselves this evening!

May 01, 2022
by: Wilma Dowell

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May 01, 2022
by: DAVID ABBOTTSMITH

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May 01, 2022
by: Jane Wheeler

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May 01, 2022
by: Mary Bentley

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May 01, 2022
by: Heino Windhorst

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   Thoroughly enjoyed this marvellous production. Play dept with family relationships in a believable funny and poignant way. I both laughed and shed tears ! Acting was faultless, production innovative so very well done Congratulations to all involved

Apr 29, 2022
by: Josephine Mutch

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     All the actors were fabulous ! Really enjoyed the play. PS Just so you know and quite understand how this could happen but I think the biscuits at interval were 2020 issue 🙁

Apr 28, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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Apr 28, 2022
by: Dianne Parker

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Apr 28, 2022
by: Chris Turnbull

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  Excellent show - congratulations to the performers. I thought the casting was superb.

Apr 27, 2022
by: Suzanne Hogg

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Apr 25, 2022
by: Laura Gibson

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Apr 25, 2022
by: Dyan Withnell

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   Wonderful cast, great acting in a very good play.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Verified consumer

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     Brilliant! Very well cast, superb acting, and great set. Rosemary Little and Steve Smith.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Stephen Smith

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Apr 24, 2022
by: Susan Macgregor

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Apr 24, 2022
by: Dawn Nettheim

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 A stunning professional show, and very emotional experience.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Denise Kelly

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Apr 24, 2022
by: Barry Hoschke

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     Throughly enjoyed the story and the acting. The quality of the acting was excellent. The stage set up was simple but very effective.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Wayne Steele

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   Thoroughly enjoyed everything about the play

Apr 24, 2022
by: Fran Cunneen

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Apr 24, 2022
by: Carla Lingard

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Apr 24, 2022
by: Rashmi Pahwa

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   Highly recommended.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Linda Werbeloff

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   Excellent, so powerful.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Carmel Reilly

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   Loved it! The actors were superb and the storyline so thought provoking.I became teary as on Friday I attended the funeral of a very dear friend and I thought of her son's coping with losing their mother.Once again a first class play directed by a Carla..

Apr 24, 2022
by: Helen Zirn

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   Brilliant casting and direction of a memorable Aussie play. Every family has its secrets, its successes and its failures, all wonderfully interwoven in this story of events in the lives of the Price family - a family with some remarkable resemblances to our own. A great night of theatre.

Apr 24, 2022
by: Philip And Diane Keeffe

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Apr 24, 2022
by: Jillian Boyd

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   Brilliant and wonderfully acted!!!

Apr 23, 2022
by: Janelle Fraser

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     Outstanding and believable drama pertinent to real life today. All the cast were outstanding and believable in their role. Everyone stood up at the end and clapped. Would love to see it again. Have recommended to my family and friends. Certainly look fwd to the other plays....

Apr 23, 2022
by: Nancy Serg

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   Beautiful, relatable and professional production. Wonderful cast who engaged you in their performance. The content made me stop and think about my own family and life story. Congratulations to the director and technical crew! Only criticism is for the individual in the audience who did not turn their mobile phone off …

Apr 22, 2022
by: Karen Britt

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Apr 22, 2022
by: Alyson Elias

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    'Things I Know to be True" was a truely memorable theatrical experience that was beautifully crafted in every way. I was struck by the evocative staging (OMG...that tree!), the sensitive direction and the commitment of the actors. What a wonderful choice of play, cast and crew. This is community theatre at its BEST. Congratulations to all at The Theatre on Chester.

Apr 22, 2022
by: Kaye Lopez

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   Really excellent play

Apr 22, 2022
by: Tracey Okeby Lucan

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Apr 22, 2022
by: Trix Harvey

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Apr 22, 2022
by: Andrew Yalda

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     Brilliant, moving, emotional, raw and real. Fabulous acting and portrayal of a family trying to come to terms with huge life issues. Well done!

Apr 22, 2022
by: Alison Kaylinger

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Apr 29, 2024
by: Martin Bell
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