“Sometimes our finest international stars get an offer even we think they can’t refuse,” said MTC Artistic Director Brett Sheehy, elaborating that Jacki Weaver was offered the role in the CBS production of The McCarthy’s. This opportunity will see Weaver relocate to Boston, America, where she will be filming the duration of the show. However, no one doubts that Gillian Jones will step up to Weaver’s role with equivalent calibre.
Solomon and Marion is playwright Lara Foot’s romance story set in modern-day South Africa. It’s contemporary, poignant and won the Fleur du Cap Award in 2001 for Best New South African Play.
