"The international bar for breathtaking transformation is set by Australia's amazing Nicola Gunn, a physical theatre artist of eerie originality and prodigious dexterity. No one does what Gunn does... mesmerizing."
Liz Nicholls, Edmonton Journal Canada An Unfortunate Woman is a delicate and beautiful tale full of the pathos of half-lives. It is a story of unexpressed emotion, delusion and unrequited love, told with warmth, style and subversive comedy. "I've never experienced anything quite like it... watching ‘An Unfortunate Woman’ is like entering a strange parallel universe. It's a beautifully done piece, performed with meticulous artistry and bold imagination."
Times Colonist, Canada Nicola Gunn’s masterful performance sets forth a gallery of characters and worlds within worlds, bringing them eerily to life. The story gradually emerges through an imperceptible accumulation of tiny scenes. Stanley Trundle is a clerk at the Registry of Births and Deaths, Dr Hubert duBois is a psychiatrist disturbed by dark visions from his childhood and Clara is a fragile trilling English wife who is planning a party for her husband, Henry. The lives of these three characters intertwine like an ominous soap opera, reminiscent of Edward Gorey, Kafka and Virginia Woolf, resulting in a thrilling climax. Only at the end does the story reveal itself. "Gunn is a mime of exceptional skill and all these characters and their tragic-comic story come to fascinating life in her hands."
The Sunday AGE Melbourne "It's an enchanting work so cleverly conceived and performed that the audience is just slightly behind the eight ball...The unexpected delight of The Comedy Festival."
Capital Times Wellingtion, NZ "The story has a fragile beauty; the production, a stylish visual quality and almost filmic mood. An Unfortunate Woman is a work of art."
Canadian Broadcasting Coorporation. "Amazing... It's funny, it's heartbreaking, it should be on everyone's list."
Toronto Star. "An awesome performance of a touching story."
Herald Sun, Melbourne. Original 2005 production directed by Mark Chavez
Co produced with La Mama, Melbourne 2006 For more information, including cost for An Unfortunate Woman email Sean Pardy: sean@criticalstages.com.au or phone: 02 9331 3107 | 
