Animal/People
Event Date: 05/05/2015, 08:00 pm
Rock Surfers Theatre Company is excited to announce the stage production of Brooke Robinson’s poeti
Brought to life by director James Dalton (KILL THE PM, MR KOLPERT), ANIMAL/PEOPLE features a critically acclaimed cast including the Sydney Theatre Awards’ Best Lead Actress in an Independent Production, Georgia Adamson, and Helpmann Awards nominee, Martin Crewes.
Conveyed through a series of interweaving monologues, ANIMAL/PEOPLE depicts a couple’s turbulent relationship after their son endures a severe injury from an accident.
Set in an anonymous suburbia, both parent’s emotional agonies are reignited following a vicious dog attack and simultaneous reveal of a hidden medical secret.
The subsequent scenes will captivate audiences with a raw confrontation of fear and questioning of responsibilities and accountabilities. The Man is plagued by self-inflicted torment over his inability to protect his son. Despite the cost to those around him, he grows increasingly determined to become the best version of what he believes a father to be. Meanwhile, the Woman’s overwhelming fear that she may have purposefully disabled her son leaves her with a fervent need to protect him from everything and everyone.
ANIMAL/PEOPLE is written in the tradition of powerful confessions that all too easily transform the question of who we are responsible for into a much darker riddle. Relying heavily upon voice and interpretation of Brooke Robinson’s minimalist poetry, storytellers will have the audience enthralled in both the humour and anxiety of the world.
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The Bondi Pavillion, Queen Elizabeth Drive,
Bondi New South Wales,2026
The Bondi Pavillion, Queen Elizabeth Drive,
Bondi New South Wales,2026


