By Anthony Weigh. Melbourne Theatre Company. Southbank, The Sumner. 16 January – 18 February 2023
Sunday Reed (Nikki Shiels) stands alone in Anna Cordingley’s vast and empty set. Stage left, a wall of impenetrable black; otherwise, walls covered with huge brushstrokes, and, high across the back, a rectangle of yellow and green – a particular motif for Australian art. Sunday looks out over the vista down to the river at Heide, the legendary haven, sanctuary and home established in the 1930s by Sunday and John Reed (Matt Day) at Bulleen. Sunday was the patron, supporter, muse and den mother for such artists as Albert Tucker, Joy Hester, and most crucially her