'Hannie Rayson once again affirms her place as one of Australia's finest playwrights in Nadia Tass' tightly directed, thought-provoking and absorbing production of Extinction. Rayson writes with integrity, intelligence and profound insight into the debates that determine our attitudes towards the environment, coal mining, the preservation of endangered species, the precarious sphere of human relationships and the abiding preoccupation with our mortality. ...'