Black Swan and Queensland Theatres to Present OTHER DESERT CITIES, July 20-Aug 4
BLACK SWAN State Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre Company present Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, running 20 July to 4 August 2013.
After a six-year absence, Brooke returns to her parents' home in Palm Springs, California, with a bombshell. She is about to publish a memoir about a terrible event in her family's past, a tragedy that her parents do not want to remember.
Brooke has come home to draw a line in the sand and is daring her family to cross it. Her brother won't play her game; her aunt knows way too much and her parents fall into all their old routines as they plead with her to keep their story quiet. In this family, secrets are currency and everyone is rich.
Other Desert Cities is about a girl who comes home with a story about where she is from, who her people really are, what she thinks they really are. Her parents represent an Establishment that she feels has betrayed her country. She goes to war with them and blood is spilled.
Nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Play (2012). Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2012).
Tickets through ticketek.com.au, Ticketek outlets or 1300 795 012 Groups 8+ 1300 364 001. [*A service/delivery fee also applies]. Other Desert Cities will also be playing in Brisbane from 10 August to 1 September 2013 at Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
This West Australian Premiere features Conrad Coleby, Robert Coleby, Rebecca Davis, Vivienne Garrett and more. The creative team includes: Director Kate Cherry; Assistant Director Emily McLean; Set & Costume Designer Christina Smith; Lighting Designer Trent Suidgeest; and Sound Designer Tony Brumpton.
All performances (in Perth) take place at the Heath Ledger Theatre State Theatre Centre, 174 William St, Perth. Duration: 2hrs 15min [incl. Interval]. Warning: Coarse language, adult themes, smoking & drug use.
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