{"id":20718,"date":"2026-08-25T22:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=20718"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:09:36","slug":"observer-crimes-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2026\/08\/25\/observer-crimes-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVER: Crimes Of The Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heidelberg Theatre Company presents the tragicomedy Crimes of the Heart from September 4-19 at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna.<br>Written by Beth Henley and directed by James Antonas, Crimes of the Heart is described as &#8216;laughter-laced with heartache in the Deep South.&#8217;<br>In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three eccentric Magrath sisters reunite under one roof: Babe has just shot her husband, Meg has fled Hollywood, and Lenny is celebrating her birthday with a cookie.<br>What follows is a darkly funny and deeply human story of shared trauma, fierce love, and awkward healing.<br>Crimes of the Heart premiered in 1979 and quickly became a classic of American theatre, winning the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.<br>Performance Details: Sept. 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8pm; Weekend Matinees at 2pm: Sept 5, 6, 12, 13.<br>Venue: Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna.<br>Bookings: htc.org.au<br><strong>Cheryl Threadgold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heidelberg Theatre Company presents the tragicomedy Crimes of the Heart from September 4-19 at 36 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna.Written by Beth Henley and directed by James Antonas, Crimes of the Heart is described as &#8216;laughter-laced with heartache in the Deep South.&#8217;In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three eccentric Magrath sisters reunite under one roof: Babe has just shot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-observer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20723,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718\/revisions\/20723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}