Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company and Qantas by arrangement with Poor Boy Enterprises Pty Ltd and Llegup Pty Ltd present Poor Boy a play with songs by Matt Cameron and Tim Finn 6 July to 1 August 2009. Opens 9 July 2009 at 8pm at Sydney Theatre, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Poor Boy by Matt Cameron and Tim Finn is a new multi-layered play with songs about two families whose fates collide through an inexplicable supernatural occurrence. The haunting drama is directed by Melbourne Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Simon Phillips (Rock ‘n' Roll, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, The 25th Annual Puttnam County Spelling Bee) at Sydney Theatre from 6 July to 1 August, opening on 9 July 2009.The Priors have never been able to move on from the death of eldest son Danny (Matthew Newton) seven years ago. His young widow Clare (Abi Tucker) has not left her dead husband's family home, where she remains living with his mother and brother, since the day they returned from the funeral. Across town, another family prepares to celebrate the birthday of their seven-year-old son when he suddenly announces that he is in fact the dead adult Danny. As the two families converge when the boy reveals things he should never have known, the secrets of the living are as threatening as those of the dead.Videos