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Tom at the Farm is a dark, fucked up ride that revels in ambiguity and shadows. It delivers a tightly coiled, suspense-filled thriller in 90 minutes that’ll leave you wanting a drink downstairs afterwards. The Queer Review
a tightly framed drama …nerve-jangling edge Arts Hub
Danny Ball’s direction of the piece luxuriates in that moodiness, and applies a sexual charge to interactions between Tom and Francis, that interrogates Francis’ homophobia, and questions if self-hatred is part of Tom’s own erotic constitution… beautifully heightened Suzy Wrong
an impressive ensemble staging. Artfully directed Stage Whispers
Directed by Danny Ball with Di Adams, Zoran Jevtic, Rory O'Keeffe and Hannah Raven
Tom arrives at a failing, isolated dairy farm in rural Ontario. It is the family property of his deceased partner, William, and he has come to attend the funeral. Before long, William’s mother, Agatha, and brother, Francis, draw Tom into a tragic, violent and sexually charged game of cat and mouse. Will Tom escape the farm, or will he continue the legacy of violence that has come before him?
Michel Marc Bouchard’s Tom at the Farm is a taut thriller that examines a family unable to grieve a tragic loss.
Content Warning contains homophobia, abuse, coarse language, and depictions of violence and gore.
Set Designer: Kate Beere; Co-Lighting Designer: Kate Baldwin; Co-Lighting Designer: Alice Stafford; Composer and Sound Designer: Chrysoulla Markoulli; Costume/Effects Design: Rachael Adamson; Stage Manager: Christopher Starnawski; Voice and Dialect Coach: Linda Nicholls-Gidley; Movement/Fight choreographer/Intimacy coordinator: Diana Paola Alvarado; Dramaturg: Jessica Bell
Producers Becky Matthews & Danny Ball; Assistant Director Sean Landis; Design Assistant Rachael Adamson; Assistant Producers Rachael Adamson and Sean Landis
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