An avid pacifist, writer, lecturer, and the inspiration for Alfred Nobel’s Peace Prize, Bertha von Suttner was once the figurehead of a world-wide peace movement. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1906) for her most famous novel "Lay Down your Arms". Now, Austrian actress Maxi Blaha takes the stage as Bertha von Suttner in SOUL OF FIRE, a play that puts the important political, psychological and emotional aspects of Suttner's life into focus.

Bertha von Suttner relentlessly fought nationalist fanaticism, aggressive militarism, anti-Semitism and recognized the dangers of hate breeding. SOUL OF FIRE is a mingling of Suttner's book and literary texts; a stirring stocktaking of our times that disseminates the ideas of the great humanist, to keep them alive.

VIDEO: Maxi Blaha - Soul Of Fire clip (in English)

VIDEO: Maxi Blaha - Soul Of Fire TV portrait (in German)

SEASON: 2nd-4th October  2015

TIMES: Friday 2nd October and Saturday 3rd October at 8PM, Sunday 4th October at 4PM (in German) and 8PM

TICKETS: standard $35, concession $30, student $25

BOOKINGS: 6247 1223 or www.thestreet.org.au

Photo credit: Peter Rigaud