The Gaslight Project

The Gaslight Project by Ninefold.

A true-crime podcast from 2019 tells the story of Grace, a woman who disappeared, presumably murdered, in the 1970s. As this is told to us, we see Alice, a liberal young woman in the 1970s who lives in a share house. Alice is fascinated by the news stories of the disappearance of Grace, and transposes this fascination onto her new neighbours, Mr and Mrs Manningham, who are the fictional characters from Patrick Hamilton’s play 'Gaslight'. The play will be a postmodern pastiche of text, movement, sound and light and will explore the impact of emotional abuse on woman throughout our history.

Ninefold is a Sydney-based theatre ensemble and one of PACT's resident companies for 2018–19. Founded by Shy Magsalin in 2012, Ninefold aims to investigate highly rigorous ensemble performance-making and create a sustainable culture for artists who want to explore the possibilities of ongoing ensemble work.