HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, is a one-woman live show celebrating the scientific genius of Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood film star of the 1930s through 1950s, who spent her spare time in inventing new technology.

Writer, producter, and actor Heather Massie marries her loves of art and science to unearth the truth behind how Hedy could create an invention which launched today's wireless technology revolution.

Hedy had stored away knowledge of munitions while married to Austrian arms dealer, Fritz Mandl. Hedy employed this knowledge to support the US Navy’s war effort during WWII to stop German defences disrupting Allied torpedo attacks by inventing The Secret Communication System with composer George Antheil.  Also known as Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Technology, her invention is used today in cell phones, Wi-Fi, CDMA, GPS, and Bluetooth. Having studied Astrophysics with dreams of becoming an astronaut before studying Theatre Arts, Heather Massie marries her loves of art and science in the person of Hedy Lamarr. Massie enchants the audience as Hedy Lamarr, along with Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Louis B Mayer, and more. 

Followed by a post-show conversation with renowned theatre-maker and Fulbright Specialist Heather Massie and ACT Scientist of the Year (2023) Dr Aparni Lal, chaired by Dr Bobby Cerini – Deputy Director and General Manager of Science and Learning, Questacon.