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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Smashed
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'“Are we gonna do the dumbarse thing and pretend this car is a spaceship?”

'Smashed is a tale of ‘besties’ Hazel and Ruby.  On the verge of adulthood, the future is bright & the past is a disco blur. With impossible high heels stalking through black holes, diva hair and a map to anywhere, these girls know how to play dress-up and how to make believe.

'But in this doll’s house universe of memory and fantasy, of unrestrained joy and discordant elegy, the game becomes increasingly desperate when an impending tragedy threatens to blow everything apart.'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company.

Production Details

  • First produced at The Store Room, North Fitzroy on 26 April 2005.

    Director: Clare Watson.

    Original music: Kelly Ryall.


    Broadcast on ABC Radio National's Airplay on 22 October 2006.


    Produced by Griffin Theatre Company as part of Griffin Independent, 7 September - 1 October 2011.

    Concept and Director: Clare Watson

    Set Realisateur: Rob Miller

    Composer and Sound: Designer Kelly Ryall

    Lighting Designer: Richard Vabre

    Production Manager: Carly Heard

    Cast: Suzannah McDonald and Katherine Tonkin.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2005
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Three Plays Lally Katz , Melbourne : Full Dress Publishing , 2008 Z1580031 2008 selected work drama Melbourne : Full Dress Publishing , 2008 pg. 107-138

Works about this Work

Out of the Box Peter Robb , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 70 2011; (p. 50-52)
Worth the Wait to See This Delicate Production Jason Blake , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 September 2011; (p. 12)

— Review of Smashed Lally Katz , 2005 single work drama
Crush Course Elissa Blake , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2011; (p. 13)
'Space to See Things' : An Interview with Lally Katz Cynthia Troup (interviewer), 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 20 no. 1 2006; (p. 84-87)
International Smash at Just 26 Robin Usher , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 29 April 2005; (p. 8)
Smashed Owen Richardson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 May 2005; (p. 32)

— Review of Smashed Lally Katz , 2005 single work drama
Worth the Wait to See This Delicate Production Jason Blake , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 September 2011; (p. 12)

— Review of Smashed Lally Katz , 2005 single work drama
International Smash at Just 26 Robin Usher , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 29 April 2005; (p. 8)
'Space to See Things' : An Interview with Lally Katz Cynthia Troup (interviewer), 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 20 no. 1 2006; (p. 84-87)
Crush Course Elissa Blake , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2011; (p. 13)
Out of the Box Peter Robb , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 70 2011; (p. 50-52)
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