A LIE OF THE MIND written by Sam Shepard

Told in three acts set in the gritty American West, the story alternates between two families after a severe incident of spousal abuse leaves all their lives altered until the final collision at an isolated cabin. The two families, one composed of Baylor, Meg, Beth, and Mike, the other composed of Lorraine, Sally, Frankie, and Jake are connected by the marriage of Jake and Beth, whose beating and subsequent hospitalisation at the hands of Jake initiates the beginning of the play. Exploring family dysfunction and the nature of love, the play follows Jake as he searches for meaning after Beth, and her family, as they struggle with Beth's brain damage. Directed by Matt Longman and featuring Shell Berg David Bowyer Ben Kotovski-Steele Marsha Holt Alan Kennedy Alex Jones Joy Northover and Julia Hern 'Vibrant dialogue...mad, gut-bucket humour, mythic resonance...Shepard is a great poet of our theatre...'- Jack Kroll 23, 24, 25 June. 1, 2 July Midland Junction Arts Centre 276 Great Eastern hwy (cnr Cale st) Midland 6,7,8,9 July Old Mill Theatre Mends st South Perth Tickets Through https://blakyak.epicevent.com/ blakyakbookings@gmail.com 0468 901 570