In the Absence of Sunlight
A woman recovering from an unnamed illness spends her days observing others and imagining the shape of their lives, in the absence of a life of her own. Collaborators Tamara Searle and Katerina Kokkinos-Kennedy create an enigmatic world in which an unreliable narrator places the audience in the lead role. Radically intimate, eerie, and unsettling, In the Absence of Sunlight draws each audience member into the delicate inner world of an unnamed woman.
CREDITS
Directing Dramaturgy Katerina Kokkinos-Kennedy
Project Concept Writing Tamara Searle
Performer Tamara Searle
Design Dayna Morrissey Danny Pettingill
Premiere: North Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne 2009
PRESS
As intimate as reading, as exhilarating as a first date.
Chris Boyd The Australian
A strangely liberating experience …
Alison Croggon theatre notes