Holy Day NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (29)
See it if This is a great show with an amazing cast, solid writing and stage direction, with a very absorbing and fascinating story.
Don't see it if you are triggered easily by rape and child murder. It's a bit bleak so if you must have a happy story, don't see this.
See it if You want to see a play that is intense at times and deals with relationships, racism, conflict and survival in Australia.
Don't see it if You want something light and fluffy. You want to miss out on a great performance by some talented actors dealing with some difficult issues. Read more
See it if You like issue-driven drama, an interesting story in a historical context.
Don't see it if You don't care about how colonizers treat the colonized.
See it if A mystery of a burned church & stolen infant unleashes desperation & brutal violence in the harsh outback. Powerful acting.
Don't see it if You don’t want to see a serious Australian western with a bleak landscape, mean outlaws, tough whore, oppressed natives & failed missionary. Read more
See it if you’d like to experience the stage equivalent of a 1950s historical movie epic in Panavision: gritty characters awash in primal emotions.
Don't see it if you’d have trouble following numerous troubled characters as they traverse their several complicated, intertwined storylines. Read more
See it if u don't mind an historical drama that's dark, grim & violent; ur interested in 19th C British colonization of Australia & the frontier wars.
Don't see it if you don't want to be confronted with frank depictions & discussions of race, rape, infanticide & survivalism. Read more
See it if You’re interested in gothic pieces that explore morality and Australia’s human history.
Don't see it if You dislike uncomfortable subject matter. You crave resolution (positive or negative)
See it if you want a look at relationships of another time and country that reflect current times. Ambitious play well done by actors on a huge stage.
Don't see it if you have trouble with accents and some soft speaking done while facing all directions on a huge stage with background music at times. Read more
Critic Reviews (1)
"Why would a young, downtown theater company put on this relentlessly gruesome play...Yet, I can’t remember the last time I saw such a hateful play given such an impressive production. The eight-member cast is intense and committed...As the plot unfolds, secrets pried public, and lies exposed, we learn that nothing is as it initially appeared; everything is worse."
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