Janet Anderson has taken home the Critics' Choice Best Performance in a Play Award 2024 for her performance Overflow in Time Out Sydney’s inaugural Arts & Culture Awards.
British playwright Travis Alabanza's critically acclaimed one-act play made a mark on the local theatrical landscape when an all-trans- and gender-diverse team brought it to the Sydney stage with Darlinghurst Theatre Co in 2022. So lucky for us, it came back for Sydney Festival and a new national tour. Heartfelt and heart-wrenching with great comic timing, Janet Anderson's career-defining performance in the debut Australian production of Overflow – a hilarious and devastating exploration of women’s bathrooms and the experiences of transgender women – will not be forgotten any time soon.
Anderson (she/her) – the sole performer, directed by Dino Dimitriadis (they/them) – played Rosie as funny and smart and hurt, a person just trying to survive and find joy. She doesn't look for trouble; it finds her.
In our reviewer’s words: "Seemingly effortlessly, she holds the attention of everyone in her orbit, seamlessly switching gears to impersonate Rosie’s associates and their various British dialects."