Shifting Hearts

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Describe Shifting Hearts here.

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Shifting Hearts is a very obscure Theatre production. Running for only two days at a school in Australia, it tells the tale of...well....

While the show is a mixing of both dance and acting, the main feature of the play is the recurring theme of the "Lonely Hearts", four people who deliver monologues in the form of dating ads.

Also present is the story of a family grieving after their daughter drowns while on Summer vacation.

Much Better Than it Sounds, though since it only ran for two days, it's not likely to be publically available any time soon.


Tropes used in Shifting Hearts include:
  • The Casanova: Lonely Heart #1, who has gone through so many women and so convinced he's all that, that he is under the impression that the only woman for him is himself in a female's body.
  • Mr. Fanservice: The first Lonely Heart and the main dancer in the transition to spring.
  • Gold Digger: Hinted at by Lonely Heart #2:

Lonely Heart #1: "Would love to meet a wealthy man with a dodgy ticker! Though, in reality, will settle for...anyone? With...low expectations?"

  • No Ending: The play doesn't really end, although there are a few throwaway scenes regarding two of the lonely hearts coming together. The family plot is left entirely hanging though.
  • That Makes Me Feel Angry: Makes up most of the family's grieving.