AustLit

'Speak, and Life’s a tragedy,
'but sing, and it’s a comedy.
'Sing, say the wise,
'like no one’s listening.
'And no one is. Not for long.

'“Softly, Surely” by Daniela Giorgi and Paul Gilchrist is a one act contemporary comedy that asks ‘Is music a guide to Life’?

'After all,
'you got to listen,
'you got to join in,
'and though it always drives forward,
'the end is never the point.

'In “Softly, Surely” five Sydney-siders face the music – fractured families, broken dreams, impending mortality – and say ‘Please, one more time, from the top!’

Source: Sydney Fringe.

'Kat hates the city.

'She dreams of moving to the country and living quietly ever after.

'Then, one night, she collides with a bike-riding anarchist guerrilla gardener. Carrying a load of seed bombs, his mission is to transform vacant lots into food forests and flower beds.

'Seduced by these urban warriors, Kat joins their clandestine adventures, and as they turn chain link fences into living salads, verges into veggie gardens, and the local golf course into a common, the seeds of her own awakening explode into life.

'Seed Bomb is an hilarious comedy for everyone who dreams a better world might be about to bloom.'

Source: Old 505 Theatre.