lacuna

Claudia is jobless, cashless and flailing. Doomscrolling in the dark, ignoring emails from Centrelink, she wallows in the aftermath of an earth-shattering fight with her Mum. Why can't Claudia just get a job like a good Chinese daughter? So, Claudia is delighted when a plum job opportunity falls right into her lap. Location: The underworld. Employer: Meng Po, the Goddess of Oblivion. Job Description: Erasing memories from the living. Salary: Negotiable.

The hours are weird and there's no option to work from home, but Claudia is happy to be diversity-hired if it gets her mind off things. And she soon discovers an unexpected side-perk: secretly tampering with the memories of her friends and family. Just small scrubs, at first. But when a mortal meddles with the sacred, the consequences can be severe.

Playwright Eric Jiang (Rhomboid, ORIGIN STORY) and director Nicole Pingon (Moon Rabbit Rising, werkaholics) join forces for an epic underworld dive into family, forgetting and the dire consequences of commodifying the divine.

Credits: Director Nicole Pingon; Set & Costume Designer Hailley Hunt; Lighting Designer Morgan Moroney; Composer & Sound Designer Sam Cheng; Assistant Lighting Designer Luna Yuet Yee Ng; Creative Producer Zoë Hollyoak. Cast: Jules Orcullo, Dominic Lui, Loretta Kung, Rachel Seeto. An Essential Workers production, presented in association with Belvoir St Theatre as part of Griffin Lookout 2026, proudly supported by Shane & Cathryn Brennan.