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Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Tony Briggs as David Bennett, Vince Colosimo as Michael Cavanagh, Robert van Mackelenberg as Dr Dion Cavanagh. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Burning Time

By Nicholas Flanagan

22 May 1996 – 15 June 1996 Merlyn Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company, Black Swan Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere

A compelling portrait of a talented, affluent Melbourne family and their friends. Beneath the glittering fun is a heartfelt cry that urges us to confront the forces which threaten what is left of the Australian family in the 1990s.

This production toured to the Subiaco Theatre Centre in Perth for Black Swan Theatre Company (1-28 June).

Production still for "Burning Time". Mandy McElhinney. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Vivienne Garrett as Mary Cavanagh, Robert Grubb as Peter Davidson. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Vivienne Garrett as Mary Cavanagh, Robert Grubb as Peter Davidson, Tony Briggs as David Bennett. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". Tony Briggs as David Bennett. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Vince Colosimo, Fiona Todd. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". Mandy McElhinney. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Vivienne Garrett as Mary Cavanagh, Robert Grubb as Peter Davidson. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Vivienne Garrett as Mary Cavanagh, Robert Grubb as Peter Davidson, Tony Briggs as David Bennett. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". Tony Briggs as David Bennett. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Burning Time". L-R: Vince Colosimo, Fiona Todd. Photographer: Jeff Busby