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New Ghosts Theatre Company presents??? ??????
at the Old Fitz Theatre
July 5 - 27
Written by Chenturan Aran
Directed by David Burrowes
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Jamie was abandoned as a baby in Sri Lanka. At least that’s what Katherine told him, as she raised him in the serene beach town of Mandurah, Western Australia. Katherine saved Jamie from the chaos of the Sri Lanka civil war, believing herself to be his forever mother, “bonded before time itself.” But when Jamie falls for Zahra, an activist who tells him about the shady history of international adoption, he begins to question his adoptive mother’s narrative and wonders why he’s never seen his adoption file.
Now Jamie’s heading home after a semester away, armed with clues he is wedged in a vast conspiracy in his homeland. He’s going to demand the truth from Katherine at his homecoming dinner, all while Zahra records it for her next podcast series. However the truth is knottier than they expect, and Katherine sees a wound being opened, one that will destroy their family forever.
This scorching new comedy from Chenturan Aran is a feast of cultural identity, displacement and ancestry. Inspired by pervasive adoption fraud in Sri Lanka, this is a play about difficult histories, and how we manage open dialogue to find vulnerability, truth, and sometimes love.
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PLAYWRIGHT: Chenturan Aran; DIRECTOR: David Burrowes; PRODUCERS: Lucy Clements & Emma Wright; PRODUCTION MANAGER & LIGHTING DESIGNER: Isobel Morrissey; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Ryan Whitworth-Jones; SET DESIGNER: Soham Apte; COSTUME DESIGNER: Rita Naidu; SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Cheng; STAGE MANAGER: Oscar Ali; COMMUNITY CONSULTANT: Lynelle Long; CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jamie Gray; INTIMACY COORDINATOR: Shondelle Pratt; TRANSLATORS: Manjula Sivapalan & Nikki Sekar; CULTURAL CONSULTANT: Yamane Fayed; CAST (of 6): Ariyan Sharma, Kelsey Jeanell, Susie Lindeman, Brendan Miles, Noel Hodda, Nikki Sekar; UNDERSTUDY: Ashlene Singh
??????. ??? ????: ~110 minutes (no interval)
??????? ????????: coarse language, references to miscarriage, haze
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
129 Dowling St , Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2011, 129 Dowling St, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011, Australia,Sydney, Australia
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