Dear friends,

It’s been a while since I wrote. In fact, the last time I dropped into your inbox I was about to take All These Pretty Things to the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

So… what happened in Hollywood?

I played seven shows at The Actors Company, had an absolute blast, had a sold-out night and received some wonderful reviews. One of my favourites came from NoHo Arts — a fabulous review that captured the spirit of the show beautifully: bold, bawdy, funny, heartbreaking and, well… very me.

[READ THE NOHO ARTS REVIEW HERE]

Hollywood was wonderful for other reasons too. I caught up with long-time friends I hadn’t seen in years, including the fabulous Ros Gentle, who has carved out an amazing acting career for herself, and my darling sister-from-the-stages of 1980s Sydney, Dannielle D’Andrea.

And I stayed in a fabulous old Hollywood house built in the 1920s, complete with ghosts in the attic and a hot spa tub in the garden.

Needless to say, I spent considerably more time in the garden than in the attic.

AND NOW… SEPTEMBER HAS ARRIVED

And I am going to be a busy bee.

First stop: Rochester Fringe Festival, where I’ll be performing All These Pretty Things at the beautiful Memorial Art Gallery in the Lynne Lovejoy Parlor. I’ve never been to Rochester before and I hear it’s gorgeous, so I’m really looking forward to discovering the city — and meeting a whole new audience.

ROCHESTER FRINGE FESTIVAL
Memorial Art Gallery — Lynne Lovejoy Parlor
Friday, September 18 — 3:30pm
Saturday, September 19 — 1:00pm
Sunday, September 20 — 1:30pm

[GET ROCHESTER TICKETS]

And Rochester has already given me a lovely welcome. Last week I was invited onto WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson for their annual Rochester Fringe preview.

I joined festival CEO and producer Erica Fee and fellow Fringe artists including Grammy-nominated saxophonist Jimmie Highsmith Jr., Lu Highsmith, Sean Mulligan, Kristy Liddell, Joe Liss, Mike Gamble, Dre Gray and Drew Jemison for a conversation about this year’s festival — which features more than 700 performances.

LISTEN TO THE WXXI CONNECTIONS FRINGE PREVIEW

AND THEN… I’M BRINGING IT HOME TO NEW YORK!

This one feels particularly special.

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that All These Pretty Things is coming home to New York City as part of the Australian Theatre Festival NYC, at Theatre Row on 42nd Street.

The Australian Theatre Festival is an annual celebration of Australian stories and artists in New York, founded to give Australian work and performers a platform on the international stage. Now in its seventh year, it has grown into a wonderful meeting place between the Australian and New York theatre communities.

At the helm are founding Co-Artistic & Executive Directors Mark Barford and Connor Delves — two Australian theatre-makers who have built something really special here. Mark is a director, writer and producer whose work spans new writing, international touring productions and Broadway, while Connor is an actor, director and producer whose own one-man show CADEL: Lungs On Legs has enjoyed acclaimed, sold-out seasons internationally.

To have All These Pretty Things chosen as part of their 2026 programming is a huge honour for me.

ALL THESE PRETTY THINGS — NEW YORK CITY

THEATRE ROW
410 West 42nd Street, New York City

Tuesday, September 29 — 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 30 — 3:00pm + Q&A
Wednesday, September 30 — 7:30pm
Thursday, October 1 — 7:30pm

[GET NYC TICKETS HERE]

And please, get your tickets early and share the love for me!

I have 92 seats to fill each performance, so I am not going to be remotely shy about asking you to flip this newsletter on to 50 of your closest friends.

Okay. Twenty-five.

Fine. Your entire address book. 😂

THIS LITTLE SHOW HAS TRAVELLED…

It’s extraordinary to think about how far All These Pretty Things has migrated over the past three years.

Tessa Souter put in the hard yards with me getting this thing up and running — as my original director, editor and co-writer, not to mention makeup artist, hair consultant, flyer-distributor and fulfiller of approximately 147 other duties that definitely do not appear in the job description of “director.”

Then, after scores of performances around the world, something started to happen.

The show began responding to its audiences.

It changed. I changed.

And it took on a new life through the dramaturgy and direction of David Deblinger — an award-winning actor, writer and director and co-founder of New York’s legendary LAByrinth Theater Company. 

David has worked extensively across New York theatre, film and television, and his instinct for intimate, deeply personal storytelling has helped me find an entirely new version of this show.

So if you saw All These Pretty Things before…

don’t expect the same show.

The wedding dress has been retired.

Not burned yet.

But definitely retired.

There are new stories, songs, new turns, and a few surprises I am absolutely not going to tell you about here.

AND WHILE I’VE BEEN REBUILDING THE SHOW…

Just before heading off to Hollywood, I did a fabulous new photo shoot with the amazing Sean Hutcheon — and, as these things tend to do, one thing led to another.

New photographs, new videos, lots of music, a new home for All These Pretty Things, and generally a much better reflection of where I am now and all the various creative things I seem to get myself involved in.

I loved the new photographs so much that suddenly my website looked like it needed a little love too. A little love turned into a complete top-to-bottom reconstruction… and I now have a brand-new website!

And speaking of pretty things… I have some new Pretty Things for sale in the merch store too.

There are some fun new goodies in there inspired by the show and the amazing ‘natchie art’, so if you fancy taking a little piece of All These Pretty Things home with you — or just want to have a snoop around the new site — please do.

[COME AND SEE MY SHINY NEW WEBSITE]

[SHOP THE PRETTY THINGS]

It has been quite a labour of love getting the whole thing rebuilt, but it finally feels like a website that reflects where I am now — not just with the show, but with the music, writing, performing and all the other adventures that keep finding me.

Come have a look. The paint is dry and everything.

After Hollywood, Rochester and then bringing this strange, funny, heartbreaking little show all the way back home to New York, I cannot wait to share what it has become with you.

See you all very soon.

Much love,
Tracey xx