Molly's Shoes

Physics students David Moss and Elspeth Straun fall in love between 1997 and 1999 but their relationship fractures into the new millennium as their belief systems begin to clash under the critical eye of their senior lecturer, Professor Molly Taffy.

In the near future, an older David and Elspeth are reunited in time to watch Molly degenerate into Alzheimer's, forced to make ethical decisions as the moment dictates.

Their lecturer, acid-tongued Molly Taffy, goads David into reaching his full potential as a student, accidentally setting him on a path of religious investigation and putting him at odds with Elspeth.

Characters frequently break the fourth wall to convey their feelings to the audience and the action alternates between time periods, creating parallel narratives.

Her great talent and wealth of experience is indisputable in this performance, as it has been in so many others before.The Australian declared Molly's Shoes "an impressive next step" for the company,[5] while Aaron Nash of DB Magazine praised the cast, and pointed out that the debate between science and faith was well-balanced in the production:[6]Molly's Shoes avoids the clunky, heavy-handed preaching which tends to plague productions with this sort of subject matter and, instead, is an honest, insightful and (perhaps, most importantly) unbiased reflection on the relationship between these seemingly disparate worlds.

Jamie Wright from the online publication Adelaide Theatre Guide expressed the opposite opinion to Davenport, rather than finding it "confounding", Wright felt that the show's treatment of its core themes was simplistic:[8]Weaving together emotional and intellectual threads like these is a tough ask and while this production succeeds with the former, the latter aspect is less satisfying, as there isn't enough time to give the complex issues the treatment they deserve.

On the company's website, playwright Vickery-Howe described the extreme reactions:[9]I’ve been labelled a Christian, an atheist, pro/anti-euthanasia, pro/anti-abortion and pro/anti-feminism, as well as brilliant, clichéd, absorbing, confounding, inspired and disappointing, all in one week.