Red Stitch Actors Theatre & Red Line Productions to Present DEAD CENTRE|SEA WALL

In an exciting cross-continental theatrical endeavour, Red Stitch Actors Theatre and Red Line Productions presents Dead Centre|Sea Wall.

Combining the talents of highly-acclaimed playwrights, Red Stitch and Red Line brings you an exhilarating double-bill with Sea Wall by Olivier Award-winning Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and a new work specially commissioned from one of Australia's most bourgeoning playwrights, Dead Centre by the Green Room an AWGIE award-winning Tom Holloway (Red Sky Morning, Beyond the Neck).

A man and a woman have been torn apart by a tragic loss; he lives in the UK, she lives in Australia. Bound together by their shared pain but living thousands of miles apart, Dead Centre|Sea Wall explores the lives of these two seemingly unconnected people in unexpected and heart-rending ways.

In Dead Centre, Helen (Rosie Lockhart) is going through a period of emotional anguish decides to pack her bags and leave the UK and its sorrows behind. Inspired by a Fosters ad that seems to follow her on one particularly sad Tuesday; she books a flight and heads for sunny Australia to escape from her troubles in the hope of starting again.

In Sea Wall we are introduced to Alex (Ben Prendergast) who's story begins full of clear light and smiles, as he speaks about his wife, visiting her father in the South of France, having a daughter, photography, and the bottom of the sea. But his contentment falls away into deep and heart-breaking grief, crumbling to pieces with a striking vividness.

These two beautifully written companion monologues speak to each other in vibrant and colourful ways and provide a snapshot of modern life told through the lens of life, loss and all that comes between.

Highly acclaimed and Helpmann Award-winning director Julian Meyrick (Angela's Kitchen, Who's Afraid of the Working Class) makes his directorial debut for Red Stitch with this exciting double-bill.

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