Director Imara Savage and designers David Fleischer and Renée Mulder create a fast-paced and riveting political drama of immense scale. The game-changing Joan of Arc is brought to life by the luminous Sarah Snook (ABC’s The Secret River, The Beautiful Lie). This Saint Joan places a heroic young woman at the centre of her own story the true story of Joan’s fight - first for her country, then for her life against the monolithic might of the state, the military and the church. This new, modern reworking of Saint Joan is a stripped-back version of Shaw’s original language and additional text that reveals Joan’s conviction, intelligence and fiery charisma. Shaw’s dynamic classic is based on the transcripts from Joan’s trial and the extraordinary political impact of her life. She refused to be put in the box that her world constructed for her, no matter the consequences.

She was radical in her individualism, a young woman leading men into battle, a beacon of light in a shadowy world of medieval establishment. Her faith in herself and in her cause, which inspired an entire army to victory, were both her greatest strength and her downfall. She did so before her seventeenth birthday. From the age of twelve, she was convinced she would change the course of history. Or just a village girl, pious and chaste, with an uncommon power. Sydney Theatre Company and Commonwealth Bank presentĪ cunning, deceitful witch. ★★★★ 1/2 Sydney Morning Herald ★★★★ 1/2 Limelight

Saint john by george bernard shaw