‘In Other Words’: a bittersweet symphony
This February, the Shrinking Violets return with the Malta premiere of Matthew Seager’s In Other Words, starring Denise Mulholland and Jes Camilleri. Laura Bonnici chats with director CHIARA HYZLER to find out more.
The popular theatre collective the Shrinking Violets – the brainchild of leading practitioners Chiara Hyzler, Denise Mulholland, Maria Buckle, Jo Caruana and Cathy Lawlor – has already received critical acclaim for its productions of Ernest and the Pale Moon by Oliver Lansley in October 2017, Us/Them by Carly Wijs in October 2018 and Jamboy during ŻiguŻajg Festival 2019.
After a three-year hiatus, the Violets have returned with another premiere for Malta.
Heading to the Theatre Next Door this February, Matthew Seager’s In Other Words is a bittersweet love story starring Mulholland and Jes Camilleri, directed by Hyzler.
“We are always excited to discover scripts that are relevant and poignant, that we can do something fresh with,” says Hyzler.
“This play encapsulates all that – and the story we are telling is an important one.”
Connected by the music of Frank Sinatra, it follows Arthur and Jane, whose love story has blossomed since they first met – or ‘the incident’,...