My Darling Patricia don a long-developed Mantle

An extended development over three years has given the company time to experiment, rather than adapt existing ideas.
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My Darling Patricia’s Mantle. Image supplied.

Interdisciplinary theatre company My Darling Patricia are renowned for their richly visual works, including the poignant puppet-show-for-adults Africa, and an interactive retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Piper, which enlists members of its young audience as performers in a way that is both successful and non-threatening.  

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts