Production Still for "Falling Petals" L-R: Melia Naughton as Sally, Caroline Craig as Tania. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Falling Petals

27 June 2003 – 19 July 2003 Beckett Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere

Falling Petals holds a mirror up to epidemics such as the recent outbreak of the SARS virus whilst blasting the urban/rural fissure wide open. Part sci-fi, part satire, it is a darkly humorous fable about the consequences of a culture of disposable youth.

Something strange is happening in the country town of Hollow—a mysterious syndrome that seems to strike only the young. The town is quarantined, schools are closed and fences go up. Guards patrol new enforced borders, but amongst the townsfolk denial runs deep.

"THIS IS A CONFRONTING PARABLE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE; IT IS TOUGH, AGGRESSIVE THEATRE PLAYED AT A HIGH-DECIBEL, FREQUENT-COARSE-LANGUAGE INTENSITY."

– The Age