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An Australian premiere production of a small human story that asks big questions.
The Coming World is an intimate piece of theatre – a funny, moving and thought provoking thrill ride about love, loss, guilt and forgiveness.
A New England Beach, 2001. Ed waits for his ex-girlfriend Dora. She doesn't know it yet but Ed owes $10,000 to the wrong people and, despite everything, Dora finds herself dragged into his desperate plan to escape them and begin a new life. With the character complexity of a Jonathan Franzen novel, the cinematic structure of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the political microcosmic entanglement of Eugene O'Neill, this enchanting play resonates long after it ends.
Pulitzer award winning playwright, Christopher Shinn’s dialogue is electric. It catapults us from an analogue world into a digital age, following a desperate quest for love and connection.
“A haunting, cunningly constructed play that tackles big themes – the nature of truth and love – with a deceptively light touch… deeply affecting." – The Telegraph (London)
“The Coming World is a small play, but, after it ends, you can still feel the ripples.” - The Independent
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Director: Caroline Craig
Producer: Michael Sieders
Movement Director: Samantha Chester
Designer: Charlotte Lane
Lighting: Jack Audas-Preston
Sound Designer: David Heinrich
Composer: Nate Edmondson
With: Cheree Cassidy, Ian Meadows
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