GRAVITY

A world premiere romantic (un)comedy about finding yourself falling in love, falling apart, and falling back together again.

by Bradford Elmore
directed by Anthony Skuse

Heather and Christopher have been married for a decade. Ten years of books, sci-fi, and experimental cooking. Life is good, or as good as they should expect it to be.

Then Christopher meets David.
And David meets Heather.

A queer take on the romantic comedy genre, Gravity is the story of what can happen when you think you're satisfied, only to discover that your story is still evolving.

Framing the pan-romanticism and polyamory frontier through humour and heartfulness, Kentucky-born playwright Bradford Elmore's debut work is a deeply personal, funny, and unapologetic story of one person's need to understand who they are, and what love looks like when gender is only part of the question.

The work was previously selected and presented for the 2019 Mardi Gras Playlist event curated by Director Kate Gaul, where it was presented as a staged reading. Gravity was also awarded an Art in Isolation Residency with Sydney Fringe, and was on stage at Gasworks Arts Park in 2020 when it was a finalist for the National Queer Playwriting Award.

QTOPIA SYDNEY CREATIVE TEAM

Writer: Bradford Elmore
Director: Anthony Skuse
Assistant Director: Joshua Merten
Producers: Robbi James, Talia Meyerowitz-Katz, Erica Lovell
Lighting Designer: James Wallis
Dramaturgy: Anthony Skuse & Robbi James
Sound Design: Joshua Merten & Erica Lovell
Composition: Joshua Merten
Stage Manager: Colette Colman

CAST

Christopher: Wesley Senna Cortes
Heather: Annabelle Kablean
David: Drew Wilson

GRAVITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Gravity was developed with a cast of creatives that have contributed immensely to its production. We thank our original performance team: Oliver Burton (Christopher), Audrey Blyde (Heather), Drew Wilson (David)

Gravity has been developed with the support of Mardi Gras, Sydney Fringe, Gasworks, Placemaking NSW, and Create NSW.