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The Turquoise Elephant is a bitingly-funny absurdist work, depicting the chaos of a future world rapidly succumbing to climate change. As the environmental disaster unfolds, three generations of women from a privileged political family watch on - from their hermetically sealed, temperature controlled home. But just how safe are they? It's a play about contrasts: grotesque privilege and dispossession, sanity and insanity, hope and fatalism.
Source: ABC Radio National. Interview with Stephen Carleton available here.
Production Details
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Presented by Griffith Theatre Company. Performed at SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross : 24 October - 26 November 2016.
Director: Gale Edwards
Set Designer: Brian Thomson
Costume Designer: Emma Vine
Lighting & AV Designer: Verity Hampson
Associate Lighting Designer: Daniel Barber
Sound Designer: Jeremy Silver
Stage Manager: Karina McKenzie
Cast: Catherine Davies, Maggie Dence, Julian Garner, Belinda Giblin, and Olivia Rose.
Produced at Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin City, 8-19 May 2018.
Director: Gail Evans.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The End Is Nigh so All That Remains to Be Done Is to Enjoy It
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 October 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of The Turquoise Elephant 2015 single work drama -
Theatre Tackles Climate Change
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 October 2016; (p. 11)
— Review of The Turquoise Elephant 2015 single work drama
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Theatre Tackles Climate Change
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 October 2016; (p. 11)
— Review of The Turquoise Elephant 2015 single work drama -
The End Is Nigh so All That Remains to Be Done Is to Enjoy It
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 October 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of The Turquoise Elephant 2015 single work drama
Awards
- 2017 nominated AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- 2015 winner Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting