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Recollection


by Georgia Ketels, directed by Cathy Hunt


26 June — 7 July 2024 at fortyfivedownstairs


Olivia, a mother, pieces together the scent of her late teenage daughter as a perfume.



potketttleblack productions works on the lands of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.
We acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their sovereignty, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Finalist – Art and Olfaction AwardsExperimental Award
(formerly the Sadakichi Award)
Announced Late May

 


 OUTSTANDING PERFORMER Molly Holohan
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN Eloise Kent (Set)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN Erin Adams (Scent)




“Recollection offers a wondrous wealth of well-directed, tightly written scenes, featuring first-rate performances, and a thoughtfully complex exploration of grief, queer love and parenthood.”
★★★★½ Kate Mulqueen, Artshub

“Ketels' script is both charming and warm, reflecting our socio-political zeitgeist with well-placed local wit and skilled comedic timing from Keating and Holohan.”
★★★★ Nina Culley, Time Out
“it’s a piece that has – and will have – an impact far beyond its apparent aims. It will start conversations. It will prompt the sharing of secrets and the exchange of deeply buried memories.”
Chris Boyd

“a tender, funny and achingly vulnerable portrayal of first love.”
Cameron Woodhead, The Age

All reviews and press
In the recent past, Molly, a teenage girl, falls in love with Jenna, a new school friend. Molly’s mother, Olivia, is troubled by Jenna’s insensitivity and tendency towards self-destruction. The relationship between the two girls blooms in secret.

Now, Molly has died without warning, and Olivia is left to pick up the pieces of her life, seeking to remember Molly by her smell – as a perfume. Olivia must come to terms with who her daughter really was, and who she was going to become, to capture her volatile essence. She must take Jenna as part  of Molly.

26 June — 7 July 2024   
fortyfivedownstairs | 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Duration | 85 minutes, no interval
Auslan Interpreted Performance | Saturday 29 June
Relaxed Performance | Sunday 30 June

Writer | Georgia Ketels
Director | Cathy Hunt
Cast | Eve Morey (Olivia) | Molly Holohan (Molly)
Mish Keating (Jenna) | Ravenna Bouckaert (Ariana)
Producer | Georgia Ketels
Set/Costume Designer | Eloise Kent
Scent Artist | Erin Adams
Sound Designer | Jess Keeffe
Lighting Designer | Emma Lockhart Wilson
Assistant Director | Chelsea Jones
Sound and Lighting Technician | Lara Gabor
Stage Manager | Sophie Walter
Intimacy Consultant | Isabella Vadiveloo
Key Art Photographer | Georgia Ketels
Stills Photographer | Shane Palmer

Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants, the University of Melbourne Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and Ms. Beck Wilkinson, and Pride Foundation Australia. Creative Development Support by Next Wave.