Ali Gordon worked with Hurrah Hurrah to direct the award winning stage performance “The Cardinal Rules”. Throughout 2024 and 2025 this piece evolved into the touring work that is now gathering momentum in 2026.
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Engulfed by nostalgia, a woman stands at the funeral of a primary school friend that she hasn’t seen in years. As she remembers her 90’s childhood in a close-knit suburban Catholic community, she questions how their lives diverged.
An unlikely coming of (middle) age story about facing the uncomfortable realities of the past and living in the present.
Concept /Co-writer/Performer Rose Maher
Co-writer/Performer Alison Bennett
Director Ali Gordon with additional direction by Jo Turner
Original Performer/Devisor Jane Phegan
Performer Martelle Hammer
Production Designer Andrea Espinoza
Lighting Designer Chloe Weeks
Sound Designer Gail Priest
Movement Director Cloé Fournier
Thoroughly relatable humour, staggering humanity…and pushy Aunties from the ancestral plane!
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