| Motortown by Simon Stephens |
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“Danny returns from Basra to a foreign England and a different kind of
battle. He visits an old flame, buys a gun and goes on a blistering
trip through the new home front.”
"This is a searingly honest play..recklessly brave...with a deadly coiled energy." The Guardian, UK
With Australian soldiers
returning home from Iraq, Motortown is now more relevant than ever. ‘I
don't blame the war. The war was alright. I miss it. It's just you come
back to this.’ It forces the audience to question whether the people
who return home are the same as those who left. “It is a play about the
fallout of the ‘war on terror’. It is also a play about the fallout of
the war in Iraq. In that sense the play is an attempt to find a moral
stability in a very morally insecure world.” says author Simon Stephens.
Motortown
is a darkly humorous rollercoaster ride, holding a magnifying glass up
to the impact of economic poverty in western society, the sometimes
painful search for our own identity in what is becoming an anonymous
world.
Directed by Shane Jones, and featuring Sam Clark, Norman
Doyle, Kathryn Fray, Chris Power, Rob Thwaites and Yvette Walker, with
design by Kitty Taube, this promises to be an exceptional production.
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Location: Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts Building, 109 Edward Street, Brisbane City
Contact: 07 3002 7100 or www.23rdproductions.com.au |
| Ticket Prices $25 Adults $19 Concession
Monday Night August 11th "Pay What You Can Night"
Tuesday Night August 12th Night With the Artists
please note: Contains Adult Themes, Coarse Language and Replica Firearms
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