Synopsis
Ladies in Black is a coming-of-age story, set in Sydney in the 1950s the musical tells the story of a young, intelligent, bookish school leaver, Lisa who embarks on a summer job between completing her Leaving Certificate and following her dreams of a Literature Degree at Sydney University. Lisa joins the sales staff in the fashionable department store, F.G. Goode’s and it’s a summer that changes her life as she befriends the colourful denizens of the women’s clothing department. Each of the characters are on the precipice of change- facing independence, working for a living and what it means to be a woman.