Beaumaris Theatre Inc. presents

Ladies in Black

Book by Carolyn Burns and music and lyrics by Tim Finn

Adapted from the book The Women in Black by Madeleine St John

Directed by Debbie Keyt, Musical Direction by Rhonda Vaughan, Choreography by Camilla Klesman

7 - 22 March 2025

Ladies in Black is a coming-of-age story, set in Sydney in the 1950s the musical tells the story of a young, intelligent, bookish school leaver, Lisa who embarks on a summer job between completing her Leaving Certificate and following her dreams of a Literature Degree at Sydney University. Lisa joins the sales staff in the fashionable department store, F.G. Goode’s and it’s a summer that changes her life as she befriends the colourful denizens of the women’s clothing department. Each of the characters are on the precipice of change- facing independence, working for a living and what it means to be a woman.