The Dark Room
By Angela Betzien
25-27 October and 1-3 November at 7:30pm
The Common Room, Holme Building
A lonely motel somewhere in the Northern Territory. Deep into the night, six lost souls play out a small, distant tragedy of lovesickness and social breakdown – only it’s not the same night. A teenage boy from a nearby country town waits for a stranger. Pregnant Emma waits for her husband, a country cop, wasted after his best friend's wedding. Anni, a government youth worker accompanied by a withdrawn and violent fourteen year-old girl, waits for the dawn. As the night draws on, each of them becomes trapped in dark and dangerous territory, each of them searching for a way out.
Come along to the final SUDS slot of the year, and (hopefully) the final SUDS slot in the Common Room; an Australian play exploring the deep wounds caused by and through love, and the broken relationships it leaves behind. Join us as we interrogate the role of authority in administering justice, and question who we trust to protect us from each other.
CAST:
Phoebe Haylen, Dani Maher, Akala Newman, Milo Ryan, Campbell Taylor and Caitlin Williams
CREW:
Director: James Mukheibir
Assistant Director: Georgia Condon
Producer: Sean Landis
Composer: Georgia Condon
Stage Manager: Eliza Baume
Publicity: Elliot Ulm
Set Designers: Tim Doran and Camille Karski
Makeup: Isabelle Wolfensberger
Lighting Technician: Amin Azhar
Honi Soit review
“… an impressive calibre of acting, direction and production that ends this year for SUDS on a high note.”
Pulp review
“A cold and uncompromising portrayal of what happens when bad things happen to good people.”