What's On

What do you do when your husband runs off with your teenage goddaughter? You write some killer songs, dye your wedding dress black and make a show.

Hot off her successful Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe debuts, a UK tour and a slew of five star reviews, Tracey Yarad brings her confessional and cathartic one-woman show, All These Pretty Things to the Blue Mountains. Its a classic illustration of when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.

A powerful and inspirational testament to the human spirit, this phoenix rising from the ashes story takes the audience from the fallout of a devastating divorce in Australia, to an inspiring new life in New York.

I started writing these songs just to keep myself from going insane, says Tracey, I certainly didnt imagine that it would ever be a show. It was just my healing process.

Ten songs later, it became an album, featuring top New York musicians, guitarist Luca Benedetti (Ron Carter, Martha Redbone), bassist Tony Scherr (Norah Jones, Bill Frisell), violinist Zach Brock (Snarky Puppy, Stanley Clarke), drummer Josh Dion (Chuck Loeb, Bob James) and pianist/producer Jon Cowherd (Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell); A book, with illustrations and short stories followed. And, finally, with the help of co-writer and director Tessa Souter, it evolved into this one-woman show - an evocative portrayal of one woman's capacity to come back stronger than ever.

Music/lyrics by Tracey Yarad
Directed by Tessa Souter
Presented by Blue Mountains Theatre