7 - 25 Apr
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Presented by 23rd Productions and La Boite Indie.
After sell-out seasons in London's West End and New York, David Harrower's controversial Olivier Award-winning Blackbird at last receives its Queensland premiere this April at La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre.
In a debris-filled factory lunchroom, one-time lovers Ray and Una are reunited. As they sort through secrets and self-deceptions, it becomes clear that theirs was no ordinary love affair. Fifteen years ago when the 3-month relationship began, Una was just 12-years-old and Ray was her 40-year-old neighbour.
Mark Conaghan (23rd Productions' Closer) directs Kathryn Fray (Closer) and Daniel Murphy (QTC's Hamlet, Away) in this devastating no-holds-barred drama.
"...masterly, mesmerizing...extraordinary...a miracle." - The New York Times
"This haunting, powerful, incendiary work is the sort of daring theater far too absent from our stages these days." - The New York Post
"A fascinating and unnerving 90-minute cat and mouse tale of revenge and sexual intrigue, with genuine theatricality and undeniable shock value." - Associated Press
Production Credits
Writer | David Harrower
Director | Mark Conaghan
Designer | Kade Sproule
Lighting Design | Jason Glenwright
With | Kathryn Fray and Daniel Murphy
