Lismore Theatre Company’s latest production “Life Without Me” by Daniel Keene is an Australian absurdist comedy that will make audiences both laugh out loud and tear up.

If you don’t know who you are and you don’t know where you’re headed, you might find yourself spiralling in ever-tightening circles until you come to rest in a nondescript part of town; in a crummy two-star hotel, where the service is churlish, the lift doesn’t work, the toast is burnt and the pot plants set off your allergies. But! Keep your expectations low, really low, and who knows? You might be pleasantly surprised by how everything works out.

‘Life Without Me’ is a funny, honest and heart-warming story, written by the much-awarded Australian playwright, Daniel Keene. The play is set in the lobby of a two-star hotel. The audience follows the journey of the characters, from the less than competent hotel manager, to the strange guests who drift in and out in search of happiness and meaning.

Life Without Me is about living in purgatory, suspended in a state of limbo excluded from where the real action is. We wish for the characters to discover that the point of life is to live, to participate and to commit. We fear for their aimlessness and their indecisiveness, and we observe their passivity through the passage of time as if waiting for nothing but the arrival of certain death. At the hotel, people are always going somewhere, but they forget that they are already here.

This thought-provoking play invites you to consider the absurdity of life.

“My life just seems to go on, but ... without me in it”.

Lismore Theatre Company brings you ‘Life Without Me’, with a fabulous local cast of both familiar and new faces:

• NIGEL - Tameika Watts : The show is fabulously funny and showcases a variety of interesting and slightly absurd characters and how they interact with the world. 

• JOHN - Isaac Smith : The play has so many wonderful lines that wrap the warmth and humour of our lives around the more difficult conversations we have with ourselves.

• ROY - John McPherson : While it presents as a witty comedy, this production is aptly referred to as an existential exposition of life's questions. The characters face questions about whether to own their lives and address their respective realities, or remain within the bounds of their self-imposed limitations, as many people do.

• ALICE - Anna Ludvik : Only come if you like really amazing, thought provoking and funny writing, with concepts that will have you thinking and reflecting, long after the play is over.. If dull and unimaginative is your thing, this play won’t suit. 

• MRS SPENCE - Junia Wulf : It really is beautifully written. I believe everyone can relate to what is happening to the characters in this play. Watching it might just help you find out where you belong. 

• TOM - Kylie Fuad : It is such a clever, witty script. When I first read it, it gave me very Australian Pinter vibes! It’s funny and absurd but also really delves into the human experience. Who are we really and how do we search for meaning in a world that sometimes doesn’t make much sense. 

• ELLEN  - Elyse Dallinger : We have been blessed with an exquisitely written play that will let you laugh, cry, and ponder your own existence. Come spend some time with these beautiful, complex characters and share in their existential crises from the safety of your own seat!

It will be a fun night out for sure!

The performances start on Friday 9^th of August and will run for 3 weekends until the 24^th of August. It is a 2 hour performance with a 15 min intermission. Tickets are $25 each and $20 for concession and members.

The play is set in hotel and explores the meaning of life so we thought The Winsome, a local Homeless Shelter and Soup Kitchen for would be a perfect charity for this show, the 17^th of August will be a charity show. $10 from every ticket purchased will go to support the local homeless charity.

Tickets can be purchased at https://www.trybooking.com/CSJAW or via the Lismore Theatre Company website - www.lismoretheatrecompany.org.au.