A co-production with Griffin Theatre Company and ThinIce

Dazzingly scripted by Tom Holloway, cannily directed by Matt Lutton.  The West Australian

Love Me Tender brings two of Australia's best young theatre makers together. Perth Now

Tom Holloway is one of the rising stars of Australian theatre.
The Age

Matthew Lutton … is fast establishing his reputation as one of Australian theatre's most exceptional talents.
WA Today

Tom Holloway

Matthew Lutton

Belinda McClory, Luke Hewitt, Kris McQuade, Arky Michael and Colin Moody

Astonishing Australian re-imagining of Euripides’ classic Iphegenia in Aulis

Inspired by Euripides’ tragedy about a father sacrificing his beloved daughter, Tom Holloway has taken the significance of this ancient story and sprinkled it like beads of blood to evoke much more modern gods and predicaments. In the dreamy setting of an Australian backyard, five actors present the compelling story of a father and daughter against the looming threat of the Black Saturday bushfires.

The father is a suburban fireman. His daughter is a pre-teen princess whom he loves overwhelmingly. Within his tenderness is the tense awareness of the impossibility of protecting a child from the outside world or even from himself. Amidst the familiar world of their domestic rituals, natural forces erupt into mythic chaos.

Love Me Tender is a play of beauty and emotional power unlike any your students will have seen before. Story strands of this anti-representational work are teased out of powerful imagery and resonant references and the audience, along with director Matt Lutton, has a clear part to play in shaping the text’s meaning.

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Recommended for...

• Years 11-12
• DRAMA HSC: Contemporary Australian Theatre Practice
• ENGLISH HSC: Comparative Study of Texts and Context
  

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