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Season 2017 Archived

Once In Royal David's City

By Michael Gow

Performed 25 Mar — 9 Apr 2017 at Heath Ledger Theatre

Faced with loss, do we rage against the universe, search for connection or hope for an epiphany?

On the beaches of New South Wales, Brecht-obsessed theatre director Will has planned to share a restful, halcyon Christmas with his recently widowed mother. But then she unexpectedly falls seriously ill. During a bedside vigil, Will is forced to piece together the splintered shards of his own life. Angry and bewildered, he questions his role as an artist, a son and his place in a world where his dreams and ambitions appear forsaken.

This heartfelt work by Australian playwright Michael Gow is directed by Queensland Theatre’s new Artistic Director Sam Strong, marking our next exciting collaboration with this company. Intimate and sweeping, balancing warmth with wrath, Once In Royal David’s City is a life-affirming story about family, loss, purpose, politics and the endless possibilities of art.

DIRECTOR Sam Strong
DESIGNER Stephen Curtis
COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER Ash Gibson Greig
CAST INCLUDES Adam Booth, Penny Everingham, Emma Jackson, Jason Klarwein, Toni Scanlan, Adam Sollis, Kaye Stevenson, Steve Turner

Co-production with Queensland Theatre

Co-production with Queensland Theatre

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Season 2017

Once In Royal David's City

The Lighthouse Girl

Endgame

The Eisteddfod

Coma Land

Switzerland

I Am My Own Wife

Let the Right One In

Perth Theatre Talk: On Diversity

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