Domesticity

Next date: Friday, 13 November 2026 | 07:30 PM

Fred Smith presents ‘Domesticity’ – a show that will touch you where you live: at home!

After years in Afghanistan, Fred Smith returns with something completely different: reports from the domestic frontier!

This concert is a collection of love songs for middle-aged people! These have been described as “a stunning cycle of deeply personal songs about marriage, babies, love, tolerance, decency and the complexity of modern life…sublime study in tenderness and vulnerability”. BRUCE ELDER (SMH).

Backed by some of Australia’s most sensitive musicians, Fred Smith brings his trademark subtlety, wit and observation to bear on the quiet struggles in our little lives: the homes we live in, the children we raise, the marriages we hope to sustain, and the dishwasher we wish would work.

Domesticity is a show highlighting a distinctly Australian songwriter at the very top of his game. His songs are full of imagery and situations which may mirror some of your own life experiences and subsequently may trigger some strong cathartic emotional responses – but that is an effect only the very best songwriters can achieve. It deserves a full house. Rating: 5 stars - Ken Grady, The Upside News, 1 March 2024

A stunning cycle of deeply personal songs about marriage, babies, love, tolerance, decency and the complexity of modern life…a sublime study in tenderness and vulnerability.
BRUCE ELDER, Sydney Morning Herald

Fred Smith Productions, Image Credit - Geoff Dunn