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'A comedy, a family, ten actors, a landscape (view of the Adelaide Hills), a great deal of conversation about politics and life, Christmas, large hopes, five tons of love. The Great Fire is a big new play about us – middle Australia in 2016.
'Many years ago, in the 1970s, in pursuit of a good life and a sustainable future, Judith and Patrick built a house in the Adelaide Hills. They raised the kids here. As time wore on, bit by bit, the family drifted both from the house and the dream it was born from. Now it’s Christmas, the first grandchild is on the way and all three generations have gathered again. In the tinderbox heat of summer, Judith is at a crossroads: can the life they pursued in the first place come good again?
'Warm, funny, deeply felt, The Great Fire is the work of a brilliant new writing talent, Kit Brookman, with a brilliant ensemble cast. We present it here as a kind of companion to The Blind Giant is Dancing – a pair of plays a generation apart about family, about holding your course, about what will survive of the fading triumph of Australian social democracy.' (Publication summary)
Production Details
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Produced at the Upstairs, Belvoir Street Theatre; 2 April - 8 May 2016.
Director: Eamon Flack.
Set Designer Michael Hankin.
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper.
Costume Designer Jennifer Irwin.
Composer/Sound Designer Steve Francis.
Stage Managers Mel Dyer and Luke McGettigan.
Cast: Sarah Armanious, Peter Carroll, Sandy Gore, Shelly Lauman, Marcus McKenzie, Geoff Morrell, and Genevieve Picot.
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Works about this Work
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Much Smoke but Little Fire in Christmas Family Feud
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 April 2016; (p. 13)
— Review of The Great Fire 2016 single work drama -
Chekhovian Drama Follows a Familiar Script
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 April 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of The Great Fire 2016 single work drama -
Fire in the Belly for New Australian Stories
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 April 2016; (p. 18) -
Have We Passed the Point of No Return?
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 April 2016; (p. 5)
— Review of The Great Fire 2016 single work drama
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Have We Passed the Point of No Return?
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 3 April 2016; (p. 5)
— Review of The Great Fire 2016 single work drama -
Chekhovian Drama Follows a Familiar Script
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 April 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of The Great Fire 2016 single work drama -
Much Smoke but Little Fire in Christmas Family Feud
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 April 2016; (p. 13)
— Review of The Great Fire 2016 single work drama -
Fire in the Belly for New Australian Stories
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 April 2016; (p. 18)