'Silence is not redemption.
'Exploring a shocking chapter in our recent history, Lost Boys is a fierce and compelling new play by award-winning Australian playwright Lachlan Philpott (Silent Disco, The Trouble with Harry), commissioned and developed by Merrigong.
'Cy and Robert Murphy are teenagers living a life of sun and saltwater, but as the sun sets, a malevolent culture of homophobia and violence surfaces, with consequences that ripple across generations.
'Inspired by real events and told through the eyes of three generations of the Murphy family, Lost Boys rips into a dark part of our male-dominated culture, asking how perpetrators of violent crimes live with their unspeakable pasts.
'Commemorating lives lost, this deeply affecting and potent new work forces us to examine secrets held for decades, and prejudices still held today. Bearing witness to our times, this is vital and unflinching work from a compelling voice in Australian theatre. It’s a story that needs to be told.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Developed by Merrigong Theatre Company.
Produced by Merrigong Theatre Company, 23 May to 1 June 2018.
Director: Leland Kean.
Designer: Katja Handt.
AV Design: Mic Gruchy.
Lighting Designer: Jasmine Rizk.
Sound Designer: Daryl Wallis.
Dramaturg: Jane FitzGerald.
Cast: Josh Anderson, Adam Booth, Jackson Davis, Lucy Heffernan, Jodie Le Vesconte, Ben Pfeiffer, Jane Phegan, and Lincoln Vickery.
'Same-sex marriage might be legal now, but the 'yes' vote did not bury Australia's grim history of anti-gay violence.'
'Same-sex marriage might be legal now, but the 'yes' vote did not bury Australia's grim history of anti-gay violence.'
