'Set in a fictional housing commission suburb of Bowendale, the story of The Box draws us into the home and family of a single mother Mandy and her two hardened “Bowey boy” sons.
'This story is a relentlessly real, daringly comic and profoundly moving theatre experience, uncovering the painful truths and actions that define one family’s existence inside a government experiment.
'A complex and compelling family drama, The Box rages at the fragility of our lives, lives balanced on a knife edge, revealing the courage it takes for many to persist and survive, let alone “dream outside the box”. (Production summary)
Presented by Mudlark Theatre. Performed at Studio Theatre, Hobart, Tasmania : 7-8 August 2024.
Creative Team
Playwrights | Nathan Maynard and Rob Braslin
Director | Nathan Maynard
Set Designer | Laura Watts with Darren Willmott
Lighting Designer | Grace Roberts
Sound Designer | Chris Jackson
Dramaturges | Maeve Mhairi Macgregor, Kamarra Bell-Wykes and Tom Holloway
Cast
Corey Saylor-Brunskill
Nelson Clay
Harrison Collis-Oates
Carrie McLean
