Alasdair Craig, Katy Brittain , Fiona Skinner, Annabel Smith, Tamlyn Henderson and Paul Adeyefa will bring Angela Betzien’s intricately layered psychological thriller, The Dark Room, to life.
This exciting run at Theatre503 is the UK premiere of this award-winning play. The Dark Room takes a sober look at one of the devastating issues of contemporary Australian discourse – the abuse of defenceless children. The show serves as a timely reminder that no matter how far apart we are in distance and time, we are all responsible for each other’s lives.
Deep into the night, in a run-down motel somewhere in central Australia, six lost souls collide in a distant tragedy of lovesickness and social breakdown – only it’s not the same night. A teenage boy from a nearby country town longs for a stranger. Pregnant Emma longs for her husband, a country cop, drunk after his best friend’s wedding. Anni, a government youth worker accompanied by a withdrawn and violent fourteen-year-old girl, longs for the dawn. As the night draws on, each of them become trapped in a dark and dangerous territory, all searching for a way out.
The Dark Room is at Theatre 503 Wednesday 8th November – Saturday 2nd December 2017.
