Grace Under Pressure
- June 10-12 at The Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre. For more details, contact the Q on (02) 6285 6290.
Health professionals are with us when we're born, and they're with us when we die. They devote their lives to caring for us, but how do we care for them? Can a doctor or nurse give a patient the best possible care if he or she hasn't slept for days? What if they are also being bullied or sexually harassed at work? What if they complain about having to work excessive hours but are told to stop whinging and suck it up? How do they cope with the pressure? Based on hours of in-depth interviews with doctors and nurses about their experiences of training and working in hospitals, Grace Under Pressure is a surprising, intimate, and deeply moving theatre experience that reveals these hidden stories of health professionals in their own words. Ranging from wildly funny to utterly heartbreaking, the stories within Grace Under Pressure will leave no audience member unaffected. Beautifully staged and disarmingly performed, Grace Under Pressure is a truly unique theatre experience.
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AUDIENCE ADVICE: Coarse language, ages 14+. Challenging content. Includes descriptions of sexual harassment in the workplace, a description of a suicide attempt, and descriptions of surgical procedures.
Art exhibition titled 'Peregrine'
- May 25 - June 13 at 38a Gibraltar Street, Bungendore. For more information, contact Suki and Hugh Gallery via email susan@sukihugh.com.au or call on 0412029045.
Sydney based artist Ingrid Bowen opened a solo exhibition at Suki and Hugh Gallery in Bungendore this month. Entitled Peregrine, the show is artist's third with the gallery. Reflecting on an era of upheaval and disruption, Ingrid Bowen's new works in watercolour and ink are focused on themes of comfort and restoration. The artist uses the Australian bush as the antidote to life's stresses and immerses the viewer in her journey. Every element has been carefully considered for this exhibition. The composition of the works is cropped to give the viewer a sense of being surrounded. 'The dappled sunlight overhead and the rhythmic tree-forms and silhouettes' are designed to reflect 'life's rhythms and journeys'. Pathways conjure the 'comforting repetition of footfall echoed by the breath and heartbeats marking time.' The act of wandering opens the way to properly realising and engaging with the landscape, noticing the details within the bigger picture and allowing the bush to impart its restorative power.
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