Cirrus@Austlit

'Water, written by Jane Bodie and directed by Emily McLean, was commissioned by Clare Watson, artistic director of Black Swan, as “a family drama for now, that spoke to the moral questions and dilemmas of our time”. Both the playwright and artistic director share an admiration for the plays of Arthur Miller, and Water echoes Miller’s techniques, where family politics and political issues clash in an enclosed space.' (Introduction)

'Melodie Reynolds-Diarra’s Skylab, a Yirra Yaakin and Black Swan coproduction staged in the Studio Underground at the State Theatre Centre, opens to the strummed chords of David Bowie’s 1972 hit Starman. This is a fitting entry into a play that deals with the belief that some outside source will provide the answers to our problems, and that our dreams may come true, if we only wish hard enough.'  (Introduction)