Moth (2010)

Production still for "Moth". L-R: Dylan Young as Sebastian, Sarah Ogden as Claryssa. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Moth (2010)

By Declan Greene

13 May 2010 – 30 May 2010 Tower Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Arena Theatre Company,

Commission Theatre World Premiere Collaboration

Sebastian is a terminally unpopular fifteen-year-old suburban kid, with an overactive imagination and an obsession with anime and death. His only friend, Claryssa, is an emo Wiccan art-freak barely one rung higher than Sebastian on the social ladder.

What starts as just another night drinking down at the cricket nets soon gives way to an ecstatic vision that leaves Sebastian unconscious, their friendship left in ruin. The next morning, he wakes up with a mysterious moth in a jar by his bed, and a calling to save the souls of all humankind. And so begins the Passion of Sebastian.

Moth is the winner of the 2010 Malcolm Robertson Prize.

This production also toured to the Sydney Opera House (19-23 July).

Production still for "Moth". Sarah Ogden as Claryssa. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Moth". L-R: Sarah Ogden as Claryssa, Dylan Young as Sebastian. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Moth". L-R: Sarah Ogden as Claryssa, Dylan Young as Sebastian. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Moth". L-R: Sarah Ogden as Claryssa, Dylan Young as Sebastian. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Moth". Sarah Ogden as Claryssa. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Moth". L-R: Sarah Ogden as Claryssa, Dylan Young as Sebastian. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Moth". L-R: Sarah Ogden as Claryssa, Dylan Young as Sebastian. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Moth". L-R: Sarah Ogden as Claryssa, Dylan Young as Sebastian. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Sarah Ogden

Sarah Ogden

Actor

Dylan Young

Dylan Young

Actor

Creatives

Rachel Burke

Rachel Burke

Lighting Designer

Maryanne Lynch

Maryanne Lynch

Dramaturg

Chris Kohn

Chris Kohn

Director

Jethro Woodward

Jethro Woodward

Composer

Stacey Fleming

Production Manager

Jonathon Oxlade

Jonathon Oxlade

Costume Designer, Set Designer

Declan Greene

Declan Greene

Playwright

Domenico Bartolo

Domenico Bartolo

Video Designer

Acknowledgements

A Malthouse Theatre & Arena Theatre Company commission.