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Director: Sarah Goodes
Designer: Elizabeth Gadsby
Lighting Designer: Paul Jackson
Composer Sound Designer : Steve Francis
Photos : Jeff Busby
CAST
Sarah Peirce
Pamela Rabe
William Zappa
Co Production between Sydney Theatre Company
and The Melbourne Theatre Company
Melbourne Theatre Company Season 3 February – 10th March 2018
Sydney Theatre Company season 29 March – 2 April 2018
Winner of 3 Helpmann Awards for Best Direction, Best Actor and Best Production in 2018
THE CHILDREN
"A female playwright tackling globally significant issues, directed by one of the country’s most exciting directors, is by definition something worth seeing."
★★★★
Time Out Melbourne
"It’s the best play I’ve seen at the Melbourne Theatre Company in years both as a work of theatre and as an act of programming."
Daily Review
"These are delicious roles, and director Sarah Goodes has cast them shrewdly."
★★★★
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Brilliant performances"
"Three fine actors, one clever set and a whip-smart script"
The Daily Telegraph
"From inside their tiny cottage, Rabe, Peirse and Zappa paint a vivid world outside its walls, a world – not so distant from ours – in which sacrifices must be made."
★★★★
Limelight
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