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Kate Mulvany’s story, her play about her story and her performance in her play are extraordinarily powerful and moving. This is an important work that deserves a long life The Australian
Winner of the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Independent Production. Also received the 2007 Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best New Australian work and Best Actress – Kate Mulvany.
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Kate Mulvany
Iain Sinclair
Ralph Cotterill, Pip Miller and Kate Mulvany
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Meet Rose Maloney. Her dad Danny went to Vietnam. Her grandfather Brian is ex-IRA. Today is their collective birthday, and Rose and Danny have travelled from regional Western Australia to Nottingham, England, to celebrate. And just maybe they’ll find out some of the missing bits of the family story.
From this intimate reunion, The Seed opens itself up over and over again until a silent family battle becomes an international story about finding new life amongst the rubble of old wars. The play also lifts the lid on the murky legacy of Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War and its effects on the children of veterans.
Hovering behind the exhilarating broil, pain and humour of the action is an image of peace and of beginning again in a new land: father and daughter fishing in a tiny boat on the wide sea off the coast of Western Australia.
Iain Sinclair’s beautiful production boasts the talent of Helpmann Award winning Kate Mulvany. The play opened as part of the B Sharp season at Downstairs Belvoir in 2007 and is the first B Sharp show to make the move onto the Belvoir St mainstage.
Venues and Ticket Information
Bathurst
Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
Fri 27 March, 8pm
Sat 28 March, 2pm & 8pm
Bookings (02) 6333 6161 tickets@bmec.com.au
Penrith
Q Theatre at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
Thu 26 March – Sat 4 April, 8pm
Sat 4 April, 2pm
Bookings: (02) 4723 7600 www.jspac.com.au
Orange
Orange Civic Theatre
Tue 7 April, 8pm
Wed 8 April, 10.30am & 8pm
Bookings: (02) 6393 8111
Newcastle
Civic Theatre
Fri 17 April, 8pm
Sat 18 April, 2pm & 8pm
Bookings: (02) 4929 1977 www.civicprecinctnewcastle.com.au
Gosford
Laycock Street Theatre
Tue 21 April, 8pm
Wed 22 April, 11am & 8pm
Bookings: (02) 43 233 233
Caloundra
Playhouse, The Events Centre
2Fri 24 April, 7.30pm
Bookings: (07) 5491 4240 www.etixdirect.com.au
Townsville
Townsville Civic Theatre
Wed 29 April, 8pm
Thu 30 April, 8pm
Bookings: (07) 4727 9797
Rockhampton
Pilbeam Theatre
Sat 2 May, 7.30pm
Bookings: (07) 4927 4111
Brisbane
QUT Gardens Theatre
Wed 6 May, 8pm
Thu 7 May, 2pm & 8pm
Bookings: (07) 3138 4455 www.gardenstheatre.qut.edu.au
Lismore
Northern Rivers Performing Arts at Lismore City Hall
Sat 9 May, 8pm
Bookings: 1300 066 772 www.norpa.org.au
Canberra
The Street Theatre
Tue 12 May – Sat 16 May, 8pm
Bookings: (02) 6247 1223 www.thestreet.org.au
Albury
Performing Arts Centre
Tue 19 May, 8pm
Bookings: (02) 6051 3051
Wagga Wagga
Civic Theatre
Thu 21 May, 8pm
Bookings: (02) 6026 9688 www.civictheatre.com.au
Sale
John Leslie Theatre
Sat 23 May, 8pm
Bookings: (03) 5143 3200
Frankston
Frankston Arts Centre
Thu 28 May, 8pm
Bookings: (03) 9784 1060 www.artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au
Tanunda
Barossa Arts & Convention Centre
Sat 30 May, 8pm
Bookings: (08) 8561 4299
Perth
Perth Theatre Company at the Playhouse Theatre
Tue 2 June – Sat 6 June, 7.30pm
Sat 6 June, 2.15pm
Bookings: BOCS Ticketing (08) 9484 1133 www.bocsticketing.com.au
Carnarvon
Camel Lane Theatre,
Tue 9 June, 7.30pm
Bookings: (08) 9941 1146
Geraldon
Queens Park Theatre
Thu 11 June, 8pm
Bookings: (08) 9956 6662
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