WINNER OF A BEST THEATRE AWARD - 2020 ADELAIDE FRINGE

SOLD-OUT SEASON 2020 SYDNEY FRINGE

ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK TRAIN LORD, PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN MICHAEL JOSEPH: A GUARDIAN, AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW AND SYDNEY MORNING HERALD BOOK OF THE YEAR

Award-winning author Oliver Mol's debut is a true, funny and heartbreaking tale about a 10-month migraine, his recovery in Brisbane and job on the railway when he couldn't do anything else. Performed to music by Thomas Gray & Liam Ebbs, Seekae and Nils Frahm amongst others, and to visuals by Kat Chellos, it is a story of hope, laughter, pain, relationships, drugs, failed orgies, mothers, fathers and love.

Part monologue, part performance art and part essay, Train Lord collapses genre and form to create a stunning portrait of pain, creativity and failure. Achingly authentic, funny and poignant, this is a breathtakingly honest study of humanity from one of Australia’s most exciting emerging writers.

Ultimately, this is a story about fucking up and figuring it out and fucking up and finding out you're not alone.

‘Wild and special’
★★★★★
Clarence McGuffie, Confidence Man

‘Sydney author Oliver Mol delivers his autobiographical monologue with such clarity and heart ... best just go.’
★★★★
Louise Nunn, The Advertiser

‘Saturated in emotional truth and unapologetically low-fi, Train Lord is testament to the powerful potential of Fringe shows that hark back to the no-frills days of the festival’s past’
★★★★
Farrin Foster, In Daily

‘Train Lord is an honest look into the circumstances surrounding us and how these can change suddenly to affect our lives’
★★★★
Marianna Meloni, Everything Theatre