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 Based on the real-life story of award-winning playwright Kate Mulvany, The Seed is an insightful, quirky, often hilarious and tightly-woven tale of a very real family and the impact that war has had on their lives.
Three generations of the Maloney’s reunite after thirty years: Brian is an IRA soldier begrudgingly living in Nottingham. On his 80th birthday, he is visited by his long-lost son Danny - a ten-pound pom and Vietnam Veteran, now living in Australia. Danny is accompanied by his daughter Rose – a 30-year-old writer dealing with the repercussions of her father’s involvement in the war and desperately trying to write his story in order to conquer her own demons. As the characters settle in for what should be an afternoon of celebration, the realms of truth and lies, war and peace, family and foes become blurred and the three lives begin to entangle.
The Seed is the much-anticipated result of a B Sharp commission that came about after Kate won the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award in 2004. Kate says: “The play was written as an exploration of my own family's spectres of war, and as a response to military agendas again being made by my country. The Seed is not so much a political piece however, as it is a deep exploration of family, loyalty and betrayal. It is a play for anyone who lives in a country currently at war and who is part of a family. And in Australia, that's pretty much all of us right now.”
Directed by Iain Sinclair (Lord of the Flies, Hurlyburly), The Seed stars Kate Mulvany (Mr Bailey’s Minder, A Man With Five Children, Ruby’s Last Dollar, Buried Child) as Rose, Danny Adcock (The Boyce Trilogy) as Danny, and – coming out of retirement to play the role of Brian – the wonderful Martin Vaughan (Mr Bailey’s Minder, Buried Child).
As the citizens of a country at war, this show is a timely reminder that the effects of combat don’t end on the battlefield. They are simply the seeds laid for many generations to come.
Mimmam Productions in association with B Sharp presents
THE SEED
by Kate Mulvany
Director Iain Sinclair
Designer Micka Agosta
Lighting Chris Twyman
Producer Sam Hawker
Sound Steve Toulmin
Asst. Producer Nell Ranney
With Danny Adcock, Kate Mulvany & Martin Vaughan
Venue: Belvoir St, Downstairs Theatre, 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills
Preview: Thursday July 19
Opening Night: Friday July 20
Season: Saturday July 21 – Sunday August 12
Times: Tues 7pm, Wed-Sat 8.15pm, Sun 5.15pm
Tickets: $29/$23 (Preview $20, Cheap Tues Pay-what-you-can min $10)
Bookings: 9699 3444 or www.belvoir.com.au
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