A show about Ivy, that is really about June - Olive weeks

A show about Ivy, that is really about June (2022)

This ode to the complexity of all-consuming friendship debuts on stage as part of the 2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival at Theatre Works. 

In a new apartment devoid of June, Ivy faces being alone for the first time in her life. Join Ivy as she reconciles with her own company, heartbreak, and solitude. 

Written and Directed by Olive Weeks, teamed with Dramaturgs Tansy Gorman & Enya Daly and producer Flick, A Play About Ivy, that is Really About June is a dynamic play dancing with memory, humour and poetry.

“This play makes my heart ache and scream with joy all at once. Come and be immersed in a gripping celebration of how even when we find ourselves alone without that person, we somehow keep going, growing, wanking, moving and loving. ” - Olive Weeks

Meet Ivy, a delightfully messy, heartsore, impulsive 21 year old who is now living alone. Ivy’s trying really hard to find solace, comfort and joy in the new space. Well, JOY is probably pushing it. Maybe contentment instead? Pleasure? Yes, pleasure. Let’s just focus on getting enough sleep for now. And learning how to be alone. And healing. 

Meet June, a heart with so much love to give and a deep seeded enigmatic darkness those around latch onto. It is the first time June is coming over to the new place after leaving Ivy in their home of two years.  Come pay homage to that person, who for a moment held your entire heart, focus and motivation. 

Playing for a limited season in October 2022, A Play About Ivy, that is Really About June is a brazenly heartfelt and delicately intimate World Premiere, not to be missed at Melbourne Fringe. 

Olive Weeks is a “future star” - Herald Sun

Producer: Flick
Writer/Director: Olive Weeks
Dramaturgs: Tansy Gorman, Enya Daly
Stage Manager: Sian Tjia Hennessy
Set/Costume Designer: Antigone Yannoulidis
Graphics/Media Designer: Vasilika Tsingos
Lighting Designer: Riley Stow
Sound Composer/Designer: Ayda Akbal
Performers: Ella Newton, Isabelle Ford

A show about Ivy, that is really about June had its world premier at Theatre Works during Melbourne Fringe in 2022 for a limited season.

Dates 05 - 08 Oct
Time 4:00pm, 9:00pm (60min)
Venue Theatre Works

Reviews

“intelligent, witty, and evocative dialogue that makes you laugh just as easily as it makes you want to cry” - Demure Mag

“has an honesty and emotion that clearly connected with its opening night audience” - Australian Arts Review

“Weeks adeptly captures the confusion of platonic and romantic relationships intertwining” - Theatre Travels

Press

Editorial: Australian Arts Review (A coming-of-age story that interrogates the perimeters of friendship as we know it)

Editorial: Australian Arts Review (On The Couch w/ Olive Weeks)

Editorial: Verve Zine (A PLAY ABOUT BEING LONELY, THAT IS REALLY ABOUT LOVE)

Editorial: Australian Pride Network (Top Picks for the 2022 Melbourne Fringe)