'A displaced persons camp that’s become a town. Sami’s lived here so long he can barely remember his real home. He’s a bit of a dreamer, a bit of a clown. One night he wakes up at the end of his tether. There’s gotta be more to life than this. He stakes his dignity on learning the tuba, little knowing he’s set out on a path that will lead him to attending his own funeral…
'Sami in Paradise is a fresh new version of Nikolai Erdman’s classic 1928 comedy The Suicide, transplanted from the obliterating regime of Stalin’s Russia to the obliterating regime of living stateless in the world today.' (Production summary)
Performed at the Belvoir's Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, New South Wales : 1-29 April 2018.
Director: Eamon Flack
Set & Costume Designer: Dale Ferguson
Cast: Paula Arundell, Nancy Denis, Fayssal Bazzi, Yalin Ozucelik, Hazam Shamas, and Vaishnavi Suryaprakash.