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'A lonely motel somewhere in the Northern Territory. Deep into the night, six lost souls play out a small, distant tragedy of lovesickness and social breakdown – only it’s not the same night.
'The Dark Room is Angela Betzien’s beautifully-formed thriller about the startling idea that, no matter how far apart we are in distance and time, we are all responsible for each other’s lives.
'The Dark Room is a timely reflection on the conflict between what we ask of society and what it asks of us.'
Source: Playlab Publications
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Dedication: For Charmaine
Production Details
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First performed at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) on 1 March 2009.
Director: Adam Mitchell.
Produced by The Hotbed Ensemble at the Black Swan Theatre, Perth, 1-17 May 2009.
Director: Adam Mitchell.
Performed at Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW, 3-11 November, 2011.
Director: Leticia Caceres.
Performed at The Studio, Hindmarsh, SA, 12-28 of September 2013.
Director: David Mealor.
Set and Costume Designer: Kathryn Sprout.
Lighting Designer: Mark Pennington.
Composer: Quentin Grant.
Cast includes Jordan Cowan, Nicholas Garsden, Patrick Graham, Tamara Lee, and Anna Steen.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Gothic Drama : Mapping a Nation's Trauma from Convicts to the Stolen Generation
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , June no. 66 2015; (p. 11-39) -
Beyond Sorry : Colonial Oppression on Australian Stages
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 May 2015; 'Theatrical journeys into Australia’s colonial history have often been rather grim affairs. Over the last 30 years or so, some of country’s most eminent playwrights – Louis Nowra, Andrew Bovell, Stephen Sewell, and Katherine Thomson among others – have created works in which the physical and psychological frontiers of settlement resemble grisly warzones of colonial oppression. So where are we now, in terms of our non-Indigenous drama?' -
A Long, Dark Night of the Soul
2013
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 September 2013; (p. 86) -
Wild Duck Takes Centre Stage at Theatre Awards
2012
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 January 2012; (p. 3) -
Theatre Gets a Round of Applause
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 December 2011; (p. 10)
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Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 31 no. 4 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of The Dark Room 2009 single work drama -
A Valid Reason to Feel Uncomfortable
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 November 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of The Dark Room 2009 single work drama -
Individuals All Together but Falling Apart
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 November 2011; (p. 15)
— Review of The Dark Room 2009 single work drama -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 13 November 2011; (p. 13)
— Review of The Dark Room 2009 single work drama -
Born to Spin a Mesmerising Yarn
2011
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 October 2011; (p. 15) -
Take a Bow, You Deserve It
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 December 2011; (p. 11) -
Theatre Gets a Round of Applause
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 December 2011; (p. 10) -
Wild Duck Takes Centre Stage at Theatre Awards
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 January 2012; (p. 3) -
A Long, Dark Night of the Soul
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 September 2013; (p. 86)
Awards
- 2010 nominated AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- Country towns,
- Northern Territory,