SAME MOUNTAIN, DIFFERENT DAY (NWF Reading)

9 September 2024 6:45PM Old Fitz, 129 Dowling St, NSW, Australia. A$0.00

“When a dark family secret threatens their relationship, two men have to find their voice or surrender to the past.”

Note: this a free staged reading presented as part of the Fitz’s inaugural New Works Festival.

In Same Mountain, Different Day husbands Matt and Rob appear on the surface to be a typical middle-aged, married couple - they argue, they make up, and they agonise about what they're going to have for dinner.

But when Matt receives a disturbing email about a family member, their simple married life is thrown into turmoil. An estranged family member inserts themself into Matt and Rob's life, exposing dark secrets and past trauma, and threatening to bring their healthy relationship undone. Each character deals with this crisis differently - through therapy, denial, avoidance, stoicism, anger, fear, redemption, and hope.

Though rooted in the devastating reality and trauma of childhood sexual abuse, Same Mountain, Different Day is filled with humour, courage and love.

Team: Ben MacEllen (playwright), Em Tambree (director), Ben Noble (performer), John Michael Narres (performer), Kath Gordon (performer), Nikki Viveca (performer), Jason Jefferies (performer), Ashleigh Chandler (performer), Harry Stacey (performer), Evie Marie Korver (performer)

Run Time: ~90 minutes

Content Warnings: Same Mountain, Different Day contains transphobia, homophobia, intergenerational trauma, mentions of domestic abuse, suicide, and abuse to children (physical & sexual assault). If you need to talk to someone, support is available through redress support services. The following services are available 24 hours a day:

- beyondblue: 1300 224 636

-1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

- MensLine Australia: 1300 789 978

- Lifeline: 13 11 14

- Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467