In a city at war, five young people count down the days before a boat sets sail for a safer place. Who will leave, who will stay, and what will their choices cost them?
A play by Samah Sabawi, writer of the award-winning Tales of a City by the Sea, directed by Bagryana Popov.
WINNEr, independent theatre AWARD FOR WRITING, GREEN ROOM AWARDS
NOMINee, BEST ENSEMBLE, BEST DIRECTION, AND BEST PRODUCTION, GREEN ROOM AWARDS
SHORTLISTED FOR nick enright prize for playwriting,
NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARD FOR DRAMA
“There is no amount of praise that is sufficient to heap on Samah Sabawi’s writing and Bagryana Popov’s directing … Perhaps the most important piece of theatre you will see this year
★★★★★”
“A drama dappled with humanity and humour amid the horrors of war …
The inextinguishable spirit of laughter, of the music of life in the face of desolation, is crucial to both the play’s poignancy and appeal.
★★★★”
“... a welcome antidote to common images of the Middle East
as a region beset with terrorism and violence ...”