Amateurs
A hilarious and moving exploration of mortality and the emergence of humanism.
A hilarious and moving exploration of mortality and the emergence of humanism. Harrison’s wildly inventive play asks when does a crisis destroy us, and when does it open new possibilities?
This Australian Premiere at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre draws fascinating parallels between a mediaeval humanitarian disaster, and a more recent epidemic. The Amateurs is a highly theatrical and hysterical take on both religion and the Age of Enlightenment.
28 JUNE - 24 JULY 2022 Red Stitch Theatre
CAST & CREATIVES
Writer Jordan Harrison
Director Susie Dee
Set & Costume Design Dann Barber
Lighting Design Rachel Burke
Sound Design Ian Moorhead
Design Associate Brian Lipson
Stage Manager Lowana van Dorssen
Stage Manager Natasha Marich
Assistant Stage Manager Georgina Bright
Assistant Lighting Design Max Woods
Assistant Director Ibrahim Halaçoğlu
Graduate Attachment/Swing Hayley Edwards
Cast
Emily Goddard,Khisraw Jones-Shukoor, Darcy Kent,
Brian Lipson, Olga Makeeva, Dion Mills
The Amateurs is a work that has both contemporary meta-fiction and historical parable in its sights and shows us the possibility of connecting to a history of pandemics and post-pandemics in the most meaningful possible way. It is helped along by fantastic acting from all cast members.
★★★★
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