A story of survival, legacy and love, The Inheritance investigates a circle of friends attempting to forge a future for themselves amid a turbulent and changing America. ‘
One may as well begin with Toby’s voicemails…’ So begins Matthew Lopez’s stirring and heartbreaking epic that explores love and legacy within the queer community.
Eric is a New York City lawyer trying to keep his family’s apartment; his boyfriend, Toby, is a successful but abrasive writer, living in a state of denial. From there, a web of touching and heartbreaking stories unfold, remembering the dead and calling on the living to keep looking forward.
Performed in two parts and inspired by E. M. Forster’s beloved novel ‘Howard’s End’, ‘The Inheritance’ is an epic examination of survival, healing, class divide, and what it means to call a place home.
When: 12 October – 2 November 2024
Where: ACT Hub at Causeway Hall
The Inheritance
By Matthew Lopez
Inspired by the novel ‘Howard’s End’ by E.M. Forster
Directed by Jarrad West
Assistant Direction by Lachlan Houen
At the centre of the play stand Eric Glass and Toby Darling, around whom characters swirl in
and out of love, apartments, and arguments. When two strangers enter their lives - an older man and a younger one - their futures suddenly become uncertain as they begin to chart divergent paths. Chance meetings lead to surprising choices as the lives of three generations interlink and collide, with explosive results.
Following hit seasons on the West End and Broadway, four Tony and four Olivier Awards including Best Play, this two-part epic makes its Sydney premiere at the Seymour Centre. Directed by Shane Anthony (Anatomy of a Suicide, Ulster American, The Whale) and starring a massive cast of thirteen brilliant performers, this sexy, funny and sharply political play will be spoken about long after the final curtain.
Seeing both parts on the one day is an incredible theatrical experience. Same day tickets will sell fast so book early and we’ll be in touch with local dinner options between shows.
- OLIVIER AWARD WINNER BEST PLAY 2019
- TONY AWARD WINNER BEST PLAY 2020
- DRAMA DESK AWARD BEST PLAY 2020
What does one generation of the queer community owe to the next? And what are the responsibilities to those who came before?
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