4000 Miles

Overview

From one of America’s greatest playwrights comes La Boite’s newest and most anticipated stage shows — 4000 Miles, not to be confused with anything Vanessa Carlton related. The story follows Leo — a 21-year-old ball of angst — and Vera, his 91-year-old Jewish grandmother, who won’t have a moment of it. When Leo rocks up to her Manhattan apartment unannounced, broken hearted and in a real sook, Vera takes him in, but prickly, stubborn and sharp as a tack, she isn’t going to let him stay no strings attached.

4000 Miles takes a compassionate and unsentimental look into generational divides, potholes and meshes, through compelling drama and doses of comedy. It has a brilliant starkness and candour about it — through which Vera and Leo’s secrets are slowly traced and exposed.

If you’re a grandmother who doesn’t know the different between electronic and prescription tablets, you should see 4000 Miles. If you don’t know what a VHS is, you need to see 4000 Miles. And if you generally like Kelvin Grove and the quality theatre hub at La Boite, then you really ought to see 4000 Miles.

This production by MopHead & Catnip Productions premiered at Sydney's ATYP Studios. Read our full review here.