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Season 2017 Archived

The Lighthouse Girl

By Hellie Turner, based on the novels by Dianne Wolfer

Performed 28 Apr — 17 May 2017 at Studio Underground

A courageous story that inspired the roaming spectacular of The Giants.

Fay, a sweet young girl, lives an isolated life with her lighthouse keeper father on the bleak, windswept Breaksea Island in the Great Southern region of WA. With the outbreak of war in 1914, Fay finds purpose in transcribing Morse code messages from soldiers stationed off shore, becoming their last hope of getting messages to their loved ones before heading to the front line. On the other side of the country in rural Victoria, Charlie and his best mate Jim abandon the outback for the excitement and adventure of seeing the world. As soldiers in the Light Horse Brigade, they quickly discover the brutal realities of life on the frontline.

This gentle play entwines the lives of Fay and Charlie and brings to life the stories of those left at home during the war waiting, wondering, hoping… and the struggles of the young men who valiantly enlisted to help defend their country. Based on Albany author Dianne Wolfer’s wonderful novels Lighthouse Girl and Light Horse Boy, this evocatively written play embodies a powerful and truthful sense of a pivotal time in Australia’s development as a nation.

The world premiere of The Lighthouse Girl will take place in Albany (21 to 22 April), the birthplace of the ANZAC story, before its season in Perth.

DIRECTOR Stuart Halusz
SET DESIGNER Lawrie Cullen-Tait
COSTUME DESIGNER Lynn Ferguson
LIGHTING DESIGNER Joe Lui
SOUND DESIGNER Brett Smith
CAST INCLUDES Daisy Coyle, Benj D'Addario, Murray Dowsett, Nick Maclaine, Alex Malone, Will McNeill, Giuseppe Rotondella

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The Lighthouse Girl was proudly sponsored by
  • Rio Tinto (Principal Partner),
  • Wesfarmers Arts (Artistic Director Partner),
  • Department of Culture and the Arts (Government Partner),
  • ,
  • Department of Communications and the Arts (Project Partner)

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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