Noni Hazlehurst stars in world premiere of The Lark, a play that fails to take flight

By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University

It’s an enticing proposition for a play: an aged barkeep shares snatches of memories as the small, inner-city Melbourne pub she’s inhabited since birth is slated for demolition.

Daniel Keene’s new play The Lark centres 75-year-old Rose Grey (played by beloved Australian actor Noni Hazlehurst) at this critical moment of closure and change.

Keene, Hazlehurst and director Matt Scholten are also the team behind Mother, a production that has been touring for…

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