About the show
A scientist dissects a brain. A man has a secret. A woman wants an affair. A child cannot feel pain. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone is her sibling’s mother. Someone hates irrational numbers. Someone’s never felt like this before. Through sex, death, feeling, thinking, taxidermy and karaoke they discover each other.
For many, Caryl Churchill is the world’s greatest living playwright. This contemporary masterpiece asks how our insatiable appetite for knowledge can be informed by our capacity for love.
Cast
In order of appearance
Ensemble
Amy Joyce
Ashan Kumar
Braydon May
Christy Tran
Flynn Barnard
Gabriel Alvarado
Julie Bettens
Ryan Enniss
Gallery
Creative Team
Director
Anthea Williams*
Assistant Director
Claudia Osbourne*
Set/Costume Designer
Jeremy Allen*
Sound Designer/Composer
Zachary Saric
Video Designer
McLane Catterall
Lighting Designer
Saint Clair
MFA Voice Coach
Eleanor Stankiewicz
Movement Consultant
Troy Honeysett*
Voice Coach
Simon Masterton**
Production Team
Props Supervisor
Danielle Guyot
Costume Supervisor
Samantha Manning
Set/Construction Supervisor
Zachary White
Head Electrician
Jodi Rabinowitz
Props Assistant
Zali Kassi
Costume Assistant
Laura Moschner
Maeve Durkin
Design Assistant
Jessi Seymour
Taylah Miller
Set/Construction Assistant
Eryn Douglas
Production Stage Manager
Sybilla Wajon
Deputy Stage Manager
Jessica Pizzinga
Assistant Stage Manager
Grace Sackman
Daniel Story
Technical Crew
Oliver Beecroft
Declan Lodge
Joshua Watts
Meet the Cast
* = Guest
** = Staff
***=Diploma of Stage and Screen Performance
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we learn and tell stories, from the lands of the Bidjigal and Gadigal people of the Eora nation where our campus stands, to the nations across this continent where we teach. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders past and present who have cared for land, water and story on these lands for generations. We also recognise the work and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, workers and creatives within the NIDA Community. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.