Exposing modern hospitality

By Jacklyn Yeong

Gabrielle Pearson’s original stage play, Waiting On You, promises audiences a raw and relatable story of a young woman’s life in a foreign, underground world of modern hospitality.

The play focuses on 20-something-year-old Georgi’s (portrayed by actress Catherine Morvell) gullible relationship decisions with her unique, yet stereotypical, set of colleagues.

Theatre-goers will experience the beautiful nightmare of the protagonist losing herself in a continuous pursuit of trying to keep up with the rest of the crazy world.

Written, directed and produced by Pearson and presented with an original score performed live by local music composer Emily Dynes, the play prides itself with an all-Melbourne cast and a female-dominant production team.

Melbourne Acting Studio’s Bruce Alexander praised the play for its confrontational yet relatable narrative.

“It is a play every young woman with a view to venturing out into the world should see, or read,” he said. “Semi-autobiographical in nature, the play is both a champion for new experiences and a warning about losing your way in the pursuit of those experiences.”

The play will be debuting at the Melbourne Theatre Company’s Lawler Theatre for a four-show season running from November 1-3.