Where: Subiaco Arts Centre I 180 Hamersley Road Subiaco, 6008
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When: 5 – 20 July 2024
Note Contains strong coarse language and adult themes, including references to suicide and alcohol abuse.
Age recommendation 15+
Team
Cast Tyren Maclou, Della Rae Morrison, Mark Nannup Jessie Ward and Rubeun Yorkshire.
Playwright Jada Alberts
Director Maitland Schnaars
Assistant Director Bruce Denny
Set & Costume Designer Bryan Woltjen
Composer & Sound Designer Rachael Dease
Lighting Designer Mark Howett
Associate Lighting Designer Matthew Erren
Stage Manager Sue Fenty
Assistant Stage Manager Kira Feeney
Wardrobe Assistant Meg Parker
Synopsis
Sometimes death has the most to teach us about life. Ruben wakes to find that his cousin has died by suicide on a hot Darwin morning.
What follows is the story of a family, buffeted by constant tragedy, holding itself together – as their people have done generation after generation. This play asks us: how do we deal with death? And how many other people does it take for each of us to live? Little by little, Ruben’s family brings him back from the edge.
Alberts’ script grabs you by the heartstrings in the first few minutes and doesn’t let you go. – Polly Simons / Stage Noise
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