A woman. A dog. A campervan. And 4,500 kms of wide open road.
Mot wakes up one morning to find that her heart is missing from her chest. She can breathe; she has a pulse—but she feels… nothing.
So, she decides to go and look for it. With her dog enlisted as co-pilot, Mot heads down the highway of lost hearts into the deepest core of the Australian outback—navigating red dirt landscapes, fire and flood, brittle dryness, vast salt lakes, age-old mountains and murky waters filled with lost souls.
An allegory for a country that’s lost its heart, Highway of Lost Hearts is half gritty road journey, half magic realism and all heart. It leaves you pondering the question: when your heart goes missing, what lengths will you go to in order to find it again?
MARY ANNE BUTLER'S plays have been described as ‘poetic, evocative and muscular’. Theatre credits include Wittenoom, Broken, Highway of Lost Hearts, Cusp, Alice in Wonderland (adaptation), One More Hour and The Sound of Waiting. Playwriting awards include the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama, the Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting, an AWGIE, two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards and four NT Literary Awards for Best Script. Nominations include two Nick Enright Prizes for Playwriting, a Stage AWGIE and the Griffin Theatre Award. Butler is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, Arts NT Fellow, Winston Churchill Fellow, Regional Arts Fellow and Asialink Fellow. She holds an MPhil in Creative Writing, and an MEd in Arts Education.
| Cast Info | 1F |
| Genres | Drama, Poetic, Surreal/magic realism |
| Themes | Gender diverse themes, Political/Social themes, Significant female roles, Solo Performer, One-act play |
| Audiences | Adult, Secondary: Years 10-12, Young Adult |
| Extent | 50 |
| Edition | First |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |
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