PRODUCTION INFORMATION
From multi-award-winning playwright Jane Bodie, and featuring original songs by Mark Seymour (Mark Seymour and the Undertow, Hunters and Collectors), Lamb is the story of one family on an Australian sheep farm, over generations – the guilt of those who left; the lost desires of those who stayed behind.
“You left a trail of broken bread
Across the old battle ground
Behind the veil of the living and the dead
You wrote your secrets down.”
Developed through Red Stitch’s INK program, Lamb is a new Australian play full of lyrical longing and humour. It is a story of the land, and of lies told and secrets kept to protect those we love – and to stop them from leaving us.
Lamb was developed through the Red Stitch INK program, and presented in association with Playwriting Australia through Ignition.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
CAST & CREATIVES
Writer Jane Bodie
Music & Lyrics Mark Seymour
Director Julian Meyrick
Set & Costume Design Greg Clarke
Lighting Design Efterpi Soropos
Sound Design Justin Gardam
Dramaturgs Ella Caldwell & Iain Sinclair
Stage Manager Alysha Watt
Assistant Stage Manager Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly
Cast
Brigid Gallacher
Emily Goddard
Simon Maiden
DATES & TICKETS
Previews 13 - 20 Nov | Season 21 Nov - 13 Dec
Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 2pm
Ignition is a 4-year creative script-development program in partnership with producing companies, which will increase the investment, range, ambition, diversity and quality of Australian playwriting, leading to new landmark productions. It seeks to extend the range, scale and diversity of works, providing necessary resources to develop scripts to an exceptional quality.
This project has been supported by the City of Port Phillip through the Cultural Development Fund.
“…elegantly crafted three-hander delivers intimate and textured domestic drama, drawing an intricate study of grief…Director Julian Meyrick composes everything at a gentle pace, combining an elegiac stage picture, Seymour’s music, and sympathetic portrayals,”
★★★★
- The Age -
“Insightful and moving, her (Bodie’s) depiction of her characters sharpened by their sadness, anger and love.”
– Stage Whispers -
“…simply beautiful storytelling…flawless and inseparably outstanding actors…highlights just how good, good writing can be…Lamb feels like a privilege and it will long linger as an absolute heart-warming joy…”
– Australian Stage -
“…an affecting piece of work.”
– The Herald Sun -
“…the most heartbreaking and fascinating of family portraits…sinks deep into your skin and remains well after you leave…one of the most moving and fascinating pieces of theatre that has played on a Melbourne stage this year.”
– Theatre Press -
“The songs (music and lyrics Mark Seymour) throughout underpin the story. And they’re beautiful. And beautifully performed…a fragile, beautiful piece…”
– Daily Review -
“[Seymour is] one of the country’s finest vernacular songwriters … The songs grow on you like a landscape, from the back of a flatbed, sun on your skin and the sky vast above you.”
– Daily Review -
Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn.