A heartfelt and hilarious exploration of loneliness, connection and hope, award-winning theatre company Secret House presents the Australian premiere of How My Light is Spent by Alan Harris at KXT on Broadway this September.
Every Wednesday evening, Jimmy calls Kitty. For precisely nine minutes. At £1.20 a minute. Jimmy is 34, lives with his mum and works at Newport’s only drive-through doughnut restaurant.
Kitty is an adult chatline operator, living in the granny flat of a topiary enthusiast. It’s an unlikely connection, but for Jimmy, things are finally looking up. Then he loses his job. And starts to disappear – starting with his hands.
Funny, surreal and unexpectedly moving, Alan Harris’ How My Light Is Spent is a tender story about loneliness, desire and the need to be seen.
Following its critically acclaimed UK run, Secret House brings this quirky, charming and heartfelt story to Australian audiences for the first time.
“Alan Harris is a uniquely theatrical voice… a quirky, relevant, optimistic humanising play about the socially unseen.” – The Stage
Director: Braiden Toko | Featuring: Jane Angharad, Renée Billing, Pita Lolohea, Kira McLennan, James Smithers | Set Designer: James Smithers | Lighting Designer: Clare Sheridan | Composer & Sound Designer: Anthony MacDermott | Costume Designer & Assistant Director: Charlotte Savva | Stage Manager: Matilda Holton | Assistant Producer: Talia Benatar | Playwright: Alan Harris
How My Light Is Spent
KXT on Broadway, 181 Broadway, Ultimo
Season: 11 – 26 September 2026
Information and Bookings: www.kingsxtheatre.com
Image: How My Light Is Spent (supplied)