Mary Motorhead/Trade at Beckett Theatre, Malthouse

Two riveting one-act operas.

Dynamic Irish composer Emma O’Halloran (pictured) has turned two of her uncle Mark O’Halloran’s plays into a critically acclaimed opera double bill.

MARY MOTORHEAD

Mary has been locked up after stabbing her husband in the head with a 12-inch carving knife. She reveals aspects of her background that shaped her nature and limited her life choices - her "secret history".

TRADE

An encounter between a young man and his middle-aged client in a seedy hotel room exposes a painful portrait of power dynamics and vulnerabilities in an unequal relationship.

Contains themes of an adult nature.