A cycle of song not sung but spoken with vocal loops, domestic sound and sweeping landscapes.

Pancake Opus navigates a path between the mundane and magic, addressing loneliness, anxiety and the tyranny of hungry children like never before. First performed in 2015 then again in 2018, presented by La Mama Theatre at the Arts House Warehouse.

Creative Team

Writer/Performer
Sandra Fiona Long

Sound
Raya Slavin

Set and lighting design
Bronwyn Pringle

Design consultant
Emily Barrie

Voice and Video actors

Lillian Carey-Long and Aaron Carey-Long

Performance History

2015 & 2018
La Mama Theatre at the Arts House Warehouse
Melbourne Australia

Reviews

“I can't help thinking that this could very well be a far more honest, artful and arresting version of Master Chef, with the only harsh critic being the voice that we often find in our head”
– Narelle Wood, Theatre Press

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“Technically a monologue however the show feels more like a conversation…. By the end of the performance Long's confident charismatic steering of the show has transformed her audience into a bunch of children eating if not out of her hand, well at least off her plate.”
– Amelia Swan, Arts Hub

“I was intrigued and kept engaged throughout with the clever use of space, props, sound, smell, lighting and audience participation right to the bitter sweet delicious end”
– Elizabeth Semmel, Melbourne Observer

“Quite how Sandra Long managed to turn pancakes and throwing flour into a deep and engaging show that had me alternately laughing immoderately and examining life I couldn’t say, but I’m very glad she did”
– Zoe Evans, La Mama Reviews

“Funny, but more touching than funny”
– Michael Brindley, Stage Whispers

“The clinks, cracks, splashes and sizzles that ensue will trigger back-of-the-neck tingles, and there’s audience participation of the best kind at the end”
– Stephanie Liew, The Music