Direct from a sellout season in Melbourne comes a new comedy stage show that’s loud, heartfelt, and hysterically relatable...

 

THE ITALIAN DIVORCE 

You can leave your wife ... but you can never leave the family. 

 

From Marriage Breakdown to Family Meltdown - A Heartwarming New Comedy About Love, Guilt, and Discovering That Some Prisons Come with Home-Cooked Meals and Unconditional Judgment.

 

When 36-year-old Pino gets kicked out by his wife, he does what any self-respecting Italian man would do: he moves back in with his parents, who happen to live next door. 

 

What was meant to be a short break from his wife quickly turns into a full-blown family fiasco. His overbearing mother is already planning his next wedding, his father dishes out advice from 1971, and his fiercely independent sister urges him to flee the country.

Meanwhile, his wife wants him to grow a spine and cut the apron strings, and Dimitri, the Greek neighbour, keeps turning up with ouzo and unsolicited wisdom. 

 

It's a household bubbling over with laughs, lashings of lasagna, and just enough dysfunction to make you feel better about your own family. And yes - Mamma has already posted all the details on Facebook!

 

CAST 

Frank Lotito (Big Mamma's Boy, Wog Boys Forever) as Bruno - the retired carpenter who still works for cash 

Steve Mouzakis (Prison Break, Clickbait, ) as Dimitri - the overly friendly Greek neighbour/philosopher who just won't leave 

Rosanna Morales (The Wedding) as Lucia - the iron-fisted matriarch with a wooden spoon and good intentions 

Louisa Mignone (Wentworth) as Teresa - the fiercely independent, unmarried sister Davide Mollica as Pino - the unlucky-in-love son trying to please everyone, with nowhere to hide 

Davide Mollica as Pino - the unlucky-in-love son trying to please everyone, with nowhere to hide

Jeanette Coppolino as Lisa - the exasperated (soon-to-be ex) wife who wants more from her husband and less from her mother-in-law 

 

The Italian Divorce is more than just a comedy, it's a tribute to the tug-of-war between tradition and independence, and the beautiful mess that is family. Book your tickets today.