The Cardinal Rules – PACT – Erskineville, Sydney | 24 – 27 September, 2025

Location: PACT, 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville NSW 2043
Dates: Every day, 8pm to 9:10pm
Wednesday 24 September to Saturday 27 September

Saturday 27 September from 3:30pm to 4:10pm

Cost: Adult: $35.00 – Book tickets

Engulfed by nostalgia, a woman stands at the funeral of a primary school friend that she hasn’t seen in years. As she remembers her 90’s childhood in a close-knit suburban Catholic community, she questions how their lives diverged. When two Aunties from the ancestral plane rupture her sheltered reality, she is forced to re-evaluate her understanding of everything she thought she knew.

An unlikely coming of (middle) age story about facing the uncomfortable realities of the past and living in the present.

“…any opportunity to see their work should not be passed up.” – Wanderer Magazine

“…creatively and wonderfully challenged us all to examine our souls…” – Sydney Arts Review

Lead Artist/Co-writer/Performer – Rose Maher

Co-writer/Performer – Alison Bennett

Performer/Deviser – Jane Phegan

Director – Ali Gordon

Lighting Designer – Chloe Weeks

Sound Designer – Gail Priest

Production Designer – Andrea Espinoza

24 – 27 Sep | 1 hour 10 minutes

Content warnings: strobe lighting, discussion of suicide, discussion of sexual violence

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