Program

Friday, November 27

Saturday, November 28

She Rested

20:45 - 21:45

Thursday, November 26th

The Q Theatre, Penrith

Performance
Aimée Falzon
Eddie Abd
S. Shakthidharan
Jessica Olivieri

A mirror held up to the raw, sacred truth of becoming a mother.

Written and performed by acclaimed artist Aimée Falzon, She Rested is a spellbinding blend of concert, myth-making and storytelling.

Motherhood rewrites who we are—yet the rawest truths of that transformation often go unsaid. She Rested offers us a moment of recognition, reverence, and rest in a world that so rarely pauses to acknowledge the journey.

Driven by Aimee’s soaring live vocals and deep soundscapes, and woven with Eddie Abd’s arresting immersive video art, She Rested illuminates the quiet, sacred underworld of modern womanhood and caregiving. It demands this labor of love be seen in all its complexity.

This work discusses postnatal depression and suicidal ideation.

We recognise that these themes are difficult for some to engage with. If this performance brings up a strong emotional response for you, we hope you feel empowered to exit and reach out for support.

PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia) 1300 726 306
Lifeline 13 11 14

Featuring

Aimée Falzon

Aimée Falzon is an interdisciplinary composer, singer, music producer and performer whose art weaves song, ritual and storytelling. Of Maltese, Scottish, and Libyan heritage, her roots trace from singing to cattle in remote Birpai country as a kid to now creating on Dharug Nation land. She's been praised for her "superb voice" (The Australian) and "impressive one-woman symphony" (Sydney Scoop) that reaches profound emotional depths. Her current projects include her debut album I Am Nature Working With You, alongside extensive composition, sound design, and screen credits across major Australian festivals and institutions.

Eddie Abd

Eddie Abd is an artist and arts worker living and working across Dharug Country. She explores in her works, often containing autobiographical references, notions of performativity and cultural continuity. Her work is framed by historical research and family storytelling, pinpointing links between personal and broader historical and political contexts.

S. Shakthidharan

Shakthi is a Western Sydney storyteller with Sri Lankan heritage and Tamil ancestry. His plays Counting and Cracking, The Jungle and the Sea and The Wrong Gods have won critical, commercial and community acclaim and toured internationally. He has a film, plays and multi-disciplinary works in development. Gather Up Your World In One Long Breath published by Powerhouse is his debut book. It will be accompanied by a year-long, large-scale artwork at the Museum. In 2026 he won the prestigious, global Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama.

Jessica Olivieri

Jessica Olivieri is a BA graduate of the now defunct, always legendary Western Sydney University Art School, undertaking study at the Piet Zwart and receiving a PhD from Sydney University. This PhD focused on the intersections of visual art, performance, dance and theatre within a community setting and how to do it better. Prior to this, Jessica had a practice as an artist and curator showing at major institutions like Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne and curating for Performance Space, Sydney and Campbelltown Arts Centre. Jessica’s experience of growing up in an intercultural environment, as well as ten years of house-bound chronic illness and dyslexia, have informed her commitment to intersectional access to the arts. She is currently Co-Artistic Director at Utp.

Penrith

The Q Theatre

597 High Street, Penrith

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