The Memory Mirror – World Premiere, September 2026
My new play The Memory Mirror opens soon at The Brunswick Mechanics Institute for its Melbourne season and world premiere.
I’m incredibly fortunate to have my story and characters brought to life by an extraordinary cast of Australian stage and screen talent: Gabriel Partington, Don Bridges, Margot Knight, Jim Daly, Anthea Davis & Christine Husband, under the direction of Drew Tingwell. Scout McDonald is our Puppet Designer, bringing her artistry to two of our avian cast members.
Set during the wonderfully eccentric Blue Mountains Mind, Body & Spirit Festival, the play moves between the present and flashbacks, from an ambulance first-aid stall, a memory competition overlooking the Three Sisters, to a mysterious mirror hidden in a forest clearing. At times funny, at times unsettling, The Memory Mirror asks what happens when memory becomes unreliable, and whether forgetting is an act of survival.
The Memory Mirror
8–13 September 2026
Tickets are now on sale: https://events.humanitix.com/the-memory-mirror
Thank you to our supporters
A shoutout to our generous funders, sponsors and crowdfunding donors – whose have made this Melbourne seasons possible and supported ‘The Memory Mirror’ on its journey to the stage.
Thank you to: Merri-Bek City Council, Creative Australia BOOST program, Cybec Foundation, COSPRO Costume Hire and our crowdfunding donors: Alex Cook, Allison Howell, Amanda McMahon, Ante Dragovic, Australian Cinema Ensemble, Belinda Kirwan, C Harvey, Catrionadh Dobson, Craig Blowfield, Daphne Goulter, Devon Vong, Dion Vossos, Edwina Kenrick, Ellen Hewitt, Emma Cameron, Farida Poonawala, Graeme & Pieta Boyles, Guy Cairnduff, Gwendolen De Lacy, Ilana Altas, Jennifer Henry, Joanna Watts, Kim Brockett, Louise Prosser, Lynette Gillman, Lynn Smailes, Patricia O’Connor, Patrick Garrett, Rachael Dalton, Richard Burke, Simon Tegart, Stephen Olah, Stephen Rutherford, Tracy Brown and 18 Anonymous Donors.
‘The Last Babushka Doll’ short film
Watch ‘The Last Babushka Doll’ here (Password: TLBD)
In the mystical Blue Mountains, a paramedic faces his most confronting case – will he follow rules to prolong a patient’s horrific suffering or risk his career by ending the patient’s pain? The film stars actors from some of Australia’s most iconic films and TV shows – Anne-Louise Lambert (‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’), Chris Gabardi (‘The Secret Life of Us’), Beth Champion (‘Brides of Christ’), Tiriel Mora (‘The Castle’), Keiran King (‘Dr Blake Mysteries’), Don Bridges (‘Romper Stomper’), Joanne Samuel (‘Mad Max’) and introducing Andie Isalie. ‘The Last Babushka Doll’ is written/produced by Georgina Luck and directed by Angelo Salamanca. The film screened in Official Selection at the St Kilda, Byron Bay (Best Short Film nominee), San Jose and Yonkers New York International Film Festivals as well as the Lorne and Setting Sun Film Festivals. You can click on these links to view our full Cast, Crew and Supporter lists.
‘Broken Boat’ short film
Watch ‘Broken Boat’ here (Password: BOAT)
When a Kurdish poet escapes her homeland of Iran, she takes her beloved’s birthday gift – “Girl with the Pearl Earring” translated into Farsi – with her on a journey to seek political asylum. Chancing upon a community library, the invitation to ‘take a book, leave a book’ forges a poignant connection between her new landscape and the home she has left behind. ‘Broken Boat’ is Co-Written by Maryam Babaali, Co-Written/Directed by Angelo Salamanca and the /Director of Photography/Editor is Hayley Miro Browne. You can click here to view our full ‘Broken Boat’ Cast Crew & Supporter list. We are also very grateful for the support of our generous project partners. ‘Broken Boat’ has screened in Official Selection at the 2020 ‘YoFiFest’ Yonkers New York International Film Festival and Setting Sun Film Festival and at the 2024 North Bellarine Film Festival ‘Multicultural Tastes of Geelong’ Screening.
Rip Under The Pines’ feature film (in development)
In a regional mountain town an eccentric elderly resident in urgent need of medical attention is missing and the only clues to his whereabouts are a broken television screen, a missing vial of morphine and fronds from a strange pine tree that nobody has seen before. To solve the mystery, a group of paramedics must draw on all their most unconventional skills to save him in time. The film explores themes of trauma, loneliness and toxic work cultures while paying tribute to frontline workers who sometimes sacrifice their own mental health to save others.
Jeremy’s Cybele Makeover
A short film
Council has commissioned a beautiful new sculpture of the fertility goddess Cybele heralding Spring, but there’s a problem – everyone thinks the sculpture looks like the Mayor in a highly compromising position. The Sculptor is being pressured to change her artwork, until the Hallkeeper comes up with a controversial solution…
Written and directed by Georgina Luck, Jeremy’s Cybele Makeover short film stars actors from some of Australia’s most iconic films and TV dramas – Debra Lawrance (Please Like Me), Don Bridges (Romper Stomper), Drew Tingwell (Winners & Losers) and Belinda Kirwan (Hactresses).
G Luck Productions 