German author Daniela Krien’s acclaimed Love in Five Acts explores what is left to five women when they have fulfilled their roles as wives, mothers, friends, lovers and daughters. Australian writer Claire Thomas‘ The Performance imagines the inner thoughts of three women at very different life stages as they sit in the quiet of a theatre. As the performance unfolds, so does each woman’s story and by the time the curtain falls, they will all emerge with a new understanding of their lives outside. Rosie Goldsmith talks to the authors – with Claire appearing via live link from Melbourne and Daniela from Leipzig – about their perceptive and richly imagined portrayals of women’s interior lives. Daniela Krien will appear digitally.
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