Orphans

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Event Orphans
Venue Bille Brown Studio, Brisbane, QLD
First Date 23 June 2011
Opening Date 23 June 2011
Last Date 9 July 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Picture the scene: you and your spouse are sharing a cosy, home-cooked dinner. It's a chance to unwind, to reconnect, to put the pressures of your hectic city lives behind you for a while. Then suddenly, your brother cannonballs into the kitchen, out of control and bathed in blood - but not his blood.

What do you do?

City-dwelling shut-ins Helen and Danny face exactly this dilemma in Orphans, this Edinburgh Festival Fringe award-winning play by London's scriptwriter of the moment, Dennis Kelly. When the grim and godless world of inner-city hate crime breaks down their door, these young
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Class Issues
Crime
Urban Subculture
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Leon Cain Actor Liam
Helen Cassidy Actor Helen
Christopher Sommers Actor Danny
Cai Witt Actor Shane
Bec Li Assistant Stage Manager
Guy Webster Composer
Samantha Paxton Designer
Kat Henry Director
Ben Hughes Lighting Designer
Dennis Kelly Playwright
Jodie Roche Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://www.queenslandtheatre.com.au/plays/whats-on/2011-season/studio-season/orphans
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 92259