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 It is 1993 and a young woman from China knocks on psychiatrist Lally Black’s door and asks for help seeking asylum from Australia. Lally longs to help but doubts the facts of the case. But Siying won’t leave her alone, intruding into her home and dreams. Lally’s
nights fill up with public servants, singing amputations and the gloomy
prophecies of a ghostly tortoise, while her courage ebbs away.
Dark, humourous and melancholic, Asylum explores the paralysis
of Australia’s moral imagination and asks: What are the consequences
for asylum seekers if prejudice and naivete are allowed to rule?
Winner of the 2005 Wal Cherry Play of the Year
Asylum brings together the creative team behind True Adventures of a Soul Lost at Sea. Kit Lazaroo’s playwriting credits include True Adventures of a Soul Lost at Sea (Trades Hall) for which she received a RE Ross Playwright’s Development Award; Hospital of the Lost Coin and Vanishing Box (La Mama); Man Saves Boy (ArtRage Festival, WA) and Insect Spinster (co-written with Monica Main and performed at ArtRage, Hong Kong International Fringe Festival and La Mama). Letters from Animals was shortlisted for the 2004 Max Afford Playwright’s Award and recently underwent a creative development with Here Theatre.
Jane Woollard has directed many productions for La Mama, St
Martins, Barnstorm Theatre, RMIT Union Arts, VCA, the Arts Centre,
Theatre of Spheres, Mainstreet Theatre SA and Union House Theatre.
Recent works include Aelfgyva, (Melbourne Autumn Music Festival) The Vanishing Box by Kit Lazaroo (La Mama), True Adventures of a Soul Lost at Sea by Kit Lazaroo and Top Girls (Caryl Churchill, VCA.)
Asylum
by Kit Lazaroo
Directed by Jane Woollard
Designer: Amanda Johnson
Composer: Peter Farnan
Lighting Designer: Richard Vabre
Performed by Glynis Angell, Tom Considine, Fanny Hanusin, Tim Stitz
Venue: La Mama | 205 Faraday Street, Carlton
Dates: March 15 – April 1, 2007
Times: Thursdays to Saturdays at 8.00pm, Wednesdays and Sundays at 6.30pm
Duration: 95 minutes approx
Bookings: 9347 6142
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