Wicked women, seductive sinners, vicious vixens...
​Thanks to Hollywood, the Femme Fatale is typically depicted as a curvaceous, red-lipped, glamorous blonde with a gun in her hand.  Shadows of Angels shows the contrast between the real and gritty lives of women in crime and their Hollywood counterparts. Four very different women, with cleverly interwoven stories, challenge our ideas of gender, sexuality, poverty and crime. Set within the city slums of Australia in 1929 the play explores the desperate lives and dangerous minds of the female criminal in this gripping piece of theatre.
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Images from TBC Theatre's IMMERSIVE production

presented in partnership with the National Trust of Victoria

October 2014

Historic City Watch House
Melbourne

​"5  stars -  'Shadows of Angels'  is faultless”
​- New Adelaide Theatre Guide

"4 stars - Murphy’s writing crackles with dark wit and beauty... and tells an Australian story most people have never discovered, but most definitely deserves to be told." 
​-Theatre People

"The National Trust of Victoria  aims to make historical properties of heritage value accessible to a modern generation and thus in recent years it has aimed to increase its community partnerships and open up these buildings to be enjoyed for a range of purposes.  In partnership with TBC Theatre Company we are inviting new audiences into the Old City Watch House and challenging them to experience this space in a way that is contrary to its original purpose, yet complimentary and respectful. Thus the Trust’ s mission “every moment an amazing story” lives on in this space after dark through the work of companies like TBC.  We are very excited to be a part of this partnership."    
- Jessica Simmons, Program Coordinator, Old Melbourne Gaol, Crime and Justice Experience.

​Writer: Fleur Murphy
Director: Chris Saxton

Adelaide Fringe 2012 cast:
Erin Dewar
Kara Merrin
Rosemary Johns
H. Clare Callow

​Melbourne 2013 cast:
Mel Dodge 
Rosemary Johns 
H. Clare Callow 
Meg Spencer

2014 TBC Theatre Immersive Staging cast:
Kathryn Tohill
Jenny Dibley
H. Clare Callow
Michelle Myers
with Vaughn Rae, Damien Harrison,
Myles Tankle & Emily Rowe
SHADOWS OF ANGELS was longlisted for the 2015 Theatre 503 award in London.
The script and production rights for Shadows of Angels  are now available through Australian Plays Transform.
Images by Peter Casamento