“The Bleeding Tree is a sensationally brilliant piece of contemporary Australian theatre brought powerfully to the stage by director Corey McMahon. This has been a much interrupted production thanks to the perversities of Covid19 but it now emerges not only as worth waiting for but as an award-worthy and unforgettable theatrical sensation”

“An outstanding creative team have taken Angus Cerini’s splendidly compact, stylistically inventive text and created 58 minutes of galvanising theatre. The Bleeding Tree is an exceptional play and Theatre Republic have brought it into vivid being. In an awful year this production is a highlight”

“Theatre Republic presents the local premiere of Melbourne playwright Angus Cerini’s much-awarded The Bleeding Tree. It would be nothing without a cast that’s up to the challenge, and what a fine cast director Corey McMahon has put together. Elena Carapetis is astounding as the mother, utterly commanding (whether speaking or not), and with an intense, steely gaze. The daughters are played with equal intensity by Miranda Daughtry and Annabel Matheson. They are victims who become victors”