a piece of contemporary theatre that employs surrealism, theatrical illusion and direct address. Characters frequently break the fourth wall to convey their feelings to the audience and the action alternates between time periods, creating parallel narratives. The scenes are short and the dialogue is fast-paced. Original production Cast and crew The cast of the original production in South Australia included: David Moss: Tim Smith / John Maurice Elspeth Straun: Rachel Jones / Joanne Hartstone Molly Taffy: Katie O'Reilly / Bridget Walters The crew included: Director: Joh Hartog Designer: Tammy Boden Lighting: Stephen Dean Reception The debut production earned many positive reviews. Critic Barry Lenny from Glam Adelaide described Molly's Shoes as an "intellectually and emotionally engaging new play" that has "everything going for it", reserving special praise for Bridget Walters as the elder Molly: The Australian declared Molly's Shoes "an impressive next step" for the company, 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: Although the mainstream state and national press was complimentary, theatrical blogger Stephen Davenport found the show "confounding" and "an inspired, though garbled hotchpotch of themes" a view contradicted by fellow blogger Kryztoff Raw: 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: The debut production created a great deal of debate among members of the audience. On the company's website, playwright Vickery-Howe described the extreme reactions: The play was nominated for the Adelaide Critics' Circle Awards 2011. References Australian plays 2011 plays Existentialist plays