The Old Testament is a battleground and war is a man's game, what of the women? A contemporary re-imagining of four survivors: traitor, widow, warrior, martyr - women surviving the most violent of times who’ve carved names into our violent history. Marlowe is a hypnotic presence. Profoundly simple, immensely thought-provoking.

War is present throughout the Old Testament and war is a man’s game. But what of the women? Away from the front line and far from the action, how do they define themselves in such a male climate? Is the only role for women that of victim, or is wartime as good a time as any to transform the attacked to the attacker…
To a modern sensibility the tales of the Old Testament are wildly implausible. But recast these stories in a psychologically truthful light, or in a totally contemporary re-imagining, and what you have are stories that are shocking, even by today’s sensationalist tabloid standards. From seduction, torture and decapitation to infanticide and rape, here are women surviving in the most violent of times.
Looking at the possible circumstances of these women’s lives, questions are raised that seem more pertinent now than ever: what does it mean to have faith? Is God something outside of us, or a force within us all? And just what does God mean to these women whose lives may not be as dissimilar to our own as at first they may appear?
‘Believe’ looks at the fascinating, tormenting and tormented, seducing and seduced, enraged and fearful, meek and impassioned women who carved their names into history.
“Watch her and learn – if not how to act, then how to live” – New York Sun

“Marlowe is a consummate actress: gorgeous to look at, slinky and sexy, sensual and impassioned, breathtakingly versatile. A veritable tour de force.” – The Scotsman

“When she spreads her arms, she embraces the world. Her voice is an instrument of silk and seduction, frayed at the edges and pickled in port.” – The Daily Mail

“Marlowe is in the first division of British actresses” – The New Yorker

Linda Marlowe has worked extensively in the theatre, on television, and on film in a long and distinguished career that has included numerous memorable roles for the RSC, in the West End and since 1999 as a solo performer, with her shows ‘Berkoff’s Women’, ‘Diatribe of Love’, ‘No Fear!’, and ‘Mortal Ladies Possessed’.

Dates and Times 

19 Feb@ 9.30pm Preview

24 Feb@ 8.00pm;
2 Mar@ 9. 30pm;
8 Mar@ 6.30pm;
9 Mar @ 2.00pm;
15 Mar@ 4.00pm

Venue

The Studio, Holden Street Theatres
34 Holden Street
HINDMARSH SA 5007
>How to get to Holden Street

Tickets

ADULT $24.50
CONCESSION $19.50
PREVIEW $16.00
FRINGE BENEFITS $19.50
GROUP $18.00