This musical is set in Sydney in 1959, a city caught between the stuffy repression of the 50’s and the glorious liberation of the 60’s. It tells the story of bright-eyed, bookish school leaver Lisa who joins the sales staff of the city’s most prestigious department store, F.G. Goodes, where she finds her world opening to exciting new possibilities as she befriends the colourful characters of the Ladies Frocks Department – including her new mentor, the exotic Magda. With its irreverent humour and great charm, Ladies in Black is a magical fairy-tale sure to leave you singing long after you leave the theatre.
This musical is set in Sydney in 1959, a city caught between the stuffy repression of the 50’s and the glorious liberation of the 60’s. It tells the story of bright-eyed, bookish school leaver Lisa who joins the sales staff of the city’s most prestigious department store, F.G. Goodes, where she finds her world opening to exciting new possibilities as she befriends the colourful characters of the Ladies Frocks Department – including her new mentor, the exotic Magda. With its irreverent humour and great charm, Ladies in Black is a magical fairy-tale sure to leave you singing long after you leave the theatre.
An alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama set in Sydney in the 1950s. A musical which tells the story of bookish school-leaver Lisa who joins the sales staff in a prestigious department store. Over a summer that changes her life, she befriends the colourful staff members of the women’s clothing department, including her new mentor, the exotic Magda, mysterious mistress of Model Gowns. Each of the characters are on the precipice of change – facing independence, working for a living and what it means to be a woman. The original music by superstar Tim Finn will have you singing long after you leave the theatre.
