Wit

I don't mean to give away the plot, but I think I die in the end.

Vivian Bearing (Jane Montgomery Griffiths) is a brilliant and uncompromising professor of English Literature who has spent years specialising in the Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer, she agrees to undergo an experimental chemotherapy treatment that (although not guaranteed to save her) will provide excellent research data for the future of oncology.

Learning everything she can about the disease and constantly at the mercy of the doctors in authority, the teacher has now become the student…

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Wit is a poignant and humorous look at life, death, poetry, and compassion.

Formed in 2009, The Artisan Collective has established itself as one of Melbourne's premier independent theatre companies. Passionate about producing new and exciting collaborative theatre, they explore the truth of human experience and spirit through the examination and presentation of dramatic work. Wit will be their eighth season, and a Melbourne premiere.