★★★★ Audrey Journal
The penultimate production in the Kings Cross Hotel space reminds us what this room does so very well Jason Blake
an insightful and sophisticated piece of work Sydney Morning Herald
moments of transcendent beauty Suzy Wrong
LILAC by Jackson Used
24 June - 09 July
Directed by Shane Anthony With Kate Skinner and Jack Angwin
Diana stood alone at the funeral, watching her friend weep as her mother was buried. George hid in the ladies’ bathroom, clutching a vodka soda, shame sinking into his stomach. This is how she found him. Drawn together, they embark on a passionate and consuming love affair, overcome with great suffering and addiction, bound by their collective gravity. Each knows with cruel certainty that they were made for each other, but is that worth the cost of persistence?
Lilac is a powerful, surreal portrait of loss and the aftershocks of trauma. Navigating the interior life of the characters with ambitious, imagistic worlds set free of time, this work interrogates the truth of love, the closeness of our dreams, and the romance of grand gestures.
Set & Costume Design by Adrienne Andrews; Lighting Design by Saint Clair; Sound Design by Chrysoulla Markoulli; Producer Saint Clair Stage Manager Cameron Hill-Harrison Production Photography Phil Erbacher