The Cat Eleonore

“I don’t mind being the symbol of your decadence. That doesn’t mean, that you own me.”

Free Theatre presents The Cat Eleonore, the first English language translation and production of the award winning play by Caren Jess.

Eleonore is a 40 year old real estate agent who one day realises that she is actually a cat. Financially independent and single, nothing stands in the way of her transformation. She has a cat-fur sewn for her and gradually cuts herself off from human social contacts. In conversations with Dr. Wildbruch, a therapist who is fascinated by her case, it appears that Eleonore’s thinking and feeling also increasingly resembles that of a cat. 

Playwright Caren Jess won the Mülheimer Dramatikpreis and the Mülheimer Theatertage Audience Award for the play in 2023.

Text by Caren Jess

Translated and Directed by Peter Falkenberg

Performed and Produced by Marian McCurdy

Set, Lighting and Film by Stuart Lloyd-Harris

Performances:
 
Wednesday 7th May 7.30pm
Thursday 8th May 7.30pm
Friday 9th May 7.30pm
Saturday 10th May 7.30pm

 
Location: Free Theatre @ Climate Action Campus
Tickets: $20/$30 

Eleonore’s Bar is open from 7.00pm prior to the performance for ticket holders only.

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Presented with the support of Creative Communities.