Safe Home
Thursday, 8.30pm, SBS
I’ve lengthy thought that Janet Andrewartha is one in all this nation’s most underrated actors. You may know her from Neighbours — she’s performed Scully household matriarch Lynne on and off since 1999, constantly knocking it out of the park with some really unimaginable performances.
She’s on this, too. And true to kind, she’s outstanding.
The sequence, the primary from Offspring, Puberty Blues and RFDS producer Imogen Banks’ new manufacturing firm Kindling Pictures, seems at “the stories behind the headlines of the family violence epidemic”.
If it sounds heavy, that’s as a result of it’s. But it’s additionally extremely watchable, and boasts some really sensational performances, together with from Andrewartha, whose character pops up in episode one.
She performs a lady residing in regional Australia whose husband is exhibiting some regarding behaviour. We received’t delve too deeply, however we’ll say this: her efficiency is devastatingly good, taking the viewers on a white-knuckle journey as she navigates a tough state of affairs that can really feel extremely actual for a lot of girls watching the sequence.
Though Andrewartha is entrance and centre in ep one, the motion is predominantly round Phoebe (The Bold Type’s Aisha Dee, who’s unbelievable within the position), a younger 20-something PR skilled who leaves her job at a legislation agency to work at a struggling household violence centre, headed by Virginia Gay’s character. She’s a unbelievable strategy to tie the sequence collectively, giving us a straightforward entry level to the at instances tough subject material.
And that’s the factor — this feels extremely actual. Playwright and screenwriter Anna Barnes was impressed to jot down Safe Home after working at group authorized centres in Victoria, and it’s clear she’s lived these things. The tales are sometimes tough to listen to, harrowing at instances, however the characters are superbly realised, and Dee holds the story collectively and makes a compelling central character.
Don’t miss this.
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Source: www.perthnow.com.au
