Hotel Sorrento

Continuing its commitment to bringing unduly neglected plays to a new audience, The Cock Tavern Theatre presents the UK premiere of Hannie Rayson’s multi-award winning 1990 Australian classic.

Buried feelings of rivalry, loss and betrayal resurface when three sisters are reunited after ten years apart. Brought together in the sleepy Australian seaside town of Sorrento they grew up in, they are forced into self-examination when one of them publishes a novel drawn upon autobiography and the family’s past.

Celebrated writer Meg is visiting from England where her novel has just been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. High-flying advertising executive Pippa is in Australia on a business trip from New York. Hilary never left Sorrento; she has stayed with their father since their mother died. Exploring Australian national identity and culture, HOTEL SORRENTO is a story about fractured family loyalty and the tensions between those who’ve left and those who stay behind.

Directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Designed by Micka Agosta
Lighting by Steve Lowe