Tight, tough, and darkly funny
A story of love and loss told with vibrant emotion by Renato Musolino.
Sometimes its hard to separate the genius in an evening of work that has two actors supported by a director (David Mealor) not afraid to facilitate empathy from an audience, a designer (Kathryn Sproul) who is not afraid to allow the actors to be the focus supported by minimal, subtle and supportive surroundings and costumes.
Set in a motel with its core issue being the abuse and mistreatment of young people, this is very disturbing and confronting, yet captivating theatre.
Flying Penguin Productions, in association with Adelaide Festival Centre’s inSPACE program, presents the South Australian Premiere of Blackbird, by David Harrower. “All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free.” Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney) Fifteen years ago Ray and Una had a relationship that ended suddenly. He was 40 and she was 12. They haven’t […]