'Joan needs her father. She hasn't seen him since he left her and her Mum when she was just a little girl. She wants answers. she wants history, she wants to know more about who she is. She travels a long way into country as remote as it is strange to this city girl. She finds Mick; a man who doesn't speak much, and who bears little resemblance to the man who taught her to play Scrabble all those years ago.
'But amid the flies, the heat, the dust and the stillness of this small river town, lurk many ghosts and mysteries. Over cups of tea and Scrabble in Mick's weather-beaten old house, Joan is about to discover some family secrets that have been hidden below the surface for decades.'
Source: Queensland Theatre Company.
Planned world premiere presented by Queensland Theatre Company, 30 April - 14 May 2022, Bille Brown Theatre.
Director: Isaac Drandic.
Postponed until the 2023 season.
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company at Bille Brown Theatre, 19 August - 9 September 2023.
Directors: Roxanne McDonald and Lee Lewis.
Cast including Michael Tuahine.
'At Queensland Theatre, Hannah Belanszky’s play don’t ask what the bird look like explores the cost of hiding from past traumas. By Yen-Rong Wong.'
'At Queensland Theatre, Hannah Belanszky’s play don’t ask what the bird look like explores the cost of hiding from past traumas. By Yen-Rong Wong.'
