The Prodigal Son / Insouciance

Production still for "Insouciance". L-R: Syd Brisbane, Russell Kiefel, Tammy McCarthy. Photographer: Jeff Busby

The Prodigal Son / Insouciance

By Jack Hibberd & Barry Dickins

24 July 2001 – 18 August 2001 Beckett Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere

A double bill of plays by Jack Hibberd and Barry Dickins examining families.

Written in the early 1990s, The Prodigal Son centres on a family of MR, MRS and SON, quite anonymous, but the forces in this play are quite specific. The son has been booted out of home when very young, on the suspicion that he is queer. He returns a couple of decades later, hoping for reconciliation, but is ruthlessly ejected again.

Insouciance is a family saga about the love that binds a maniacal mother, her anxiety-ridden husband and their long-suffering son. 

 

Production still for "The Prodigal Son". L-R: Syd Brisbane, Tammy McCarthy, Russell Kiefel. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Insouciance". Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Insouciance". L-R: Russell Kiefel, Tammy McCarthy, Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "The Prodigal Son". L-R: Russell Kiefel, Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "The Prodigal Son". L-R: Tammy McCarthy, Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "The Prodigal Son". L-R: Syd Brisbane, Tammy McCarthy, Russell Kiefel. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Insouciance". Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Insouciance". L-R: Russell Kiefel, Tammy McCarthy, Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Prodigal Son". L-R: Russell Kiefel, Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Prodigal Son". L-R: Tammy McCarthy, Syd Brisbane. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Creatives

Barry Dickins

Barry Dickins

Writer

Jack Hibberd

Jack Hibberd

Writer

Darrin Verhagen

Darrin Verhagen

Composer

Anna Borghesi

Designer

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson

Lighting Designer

Tom Healey

Tom Healey

Director

Daniel Schlusser

Daniel Schlusser

Director

James Shuter

Stage Manager

Claire Reid

Assistant Stage Manager

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