Kill the Messenger

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Event Kill the Messenger
Venue Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
First Date 14 February 2015
Opening Date 14 February 2015
Last Date 8 March 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Black Comedy (ABC1) star (and writer) Nakkiah Lui has been called Mount Druitt’s answer to Lena Dunham. She’s certainly prepared to bare all (literally).

When Lui found herself unable to keep writing after the death of her grandmother in 2011 she came up with a novel idea – insert herself into the work. The result is a deeply funny, sometimes shocking, often angry play that refuses to give easy answers. It asks how a man with undiagnosed stomach cancer could be refused care and looks at the series of seemingly innocuous events that led to an old woman falling through the unrepaired floor i
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Death
Family
Indigenous Australia
Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Matthew Backer Actor
Nakkiah Lui Actor
Sam O'Sullivan Actor
Kelly Ryall Composer
Anthea Williams Director
Jada Alberts Dramaturg/e
Scott Witt Fight Director
Katie Sfetkidis Lighting Designer
Nakkiah Lui Playwright
Ralph Myers Set Designer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web http://belvoir.com.au/productions/kill-the-messenger/
Event Identifier 110350
Dataset AusStage