Heir
Fringe Festival Hub: Rebecca Thomas
A pregnant therapist. A stranger in her office who seems to know things about her he shouldn’t.
A young man appears in a social services office, agitated, volatile, and demanding to speak to Edie, a heavily pregnant therapist known for treating young men ‘at risk’. He seems to know far more about her than he should. About her marriage, her thoughts, her unborn child. He’s fluent in the language of the Manosphere and uses it to spin a tale about her life – it’s one that she cannot quite believe, but also cannot quite dismiss.
Heir is a new Australian play about shifting modes of manipulation, inheritance, and the quiet ways violence travels between generations. It asks what a woman owes the child she is carrying, and what she owes the one in front of her.
Performed by Veronica Thomas and Aaron Wilson
Assistant Director – Clarisse Bonello
Stage Manager – Kara Floyd
Sound Designer – Zachary Camm
Dramaturg – David Gray
Photographer – Mark Gambino
Graphic Designer – Lliam Amor
Dates
Tuesday 13th Oct, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 14th Oct, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Thursday 15th Oct, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Friday 16th Oct, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Saturday 17th Oct, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Tickets
Venue
Meat Market Meeting Room, Fringe Festival Hub
36-56 Courtney Street
North Melbourne,
Victoria
3051
Australia
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A pregnant therapist. A stranger in her office who seems to know things about her he shouldn’t.
A young man appears in a social services office, agitated, volatile, and demanding to speak to Edie, a heavily pregnant therapist known for treating young men ‘at risk’. He seems to know far more about her than he should. About her marriage, her thoughts, her unborn child. He’s fluent in the language of the Manosphere and uses it to spin a tale about her life – it’s one that she cannot quite believe, but also cannot quite dismiss.
Heir is a new Australian play about shifting modes of manipulation, inheritance, and the quiet ways violence travels between generations. It asks what a woman owes the child she is carrying, and what she owes the one in front of her.
Performed by Veronica Thomas and Aaron Wilson
Assistant Director – Clarisse Bonello
Stage Manager – Kara Floyd
Sound Designer – Zachary Camm
Dramaturg – David Gray
Photographer – Mark Gambino
Graphic Designer – Lliam Amor
Candice D'Arcy, Blake Barnard and David Gray met while studying their Masters at VCA in 2023 and bring their individual creative strengths and life experience together to make a unique and formidable team. Heir is their first collaboration.
Written by Candice D'Arcy
Directed by Blake Barnard
Presented as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026
https://www.instagram.com/candiced.arcy
Event warning
Sudden loud noises, strong coarse language.
Content warning
Death, domestic violence, emotional abuse, grief, mental health, misogyny, murder, self harm or suicide, sexual assault or abuse, simulated blood, violence, violence against women.
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