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The Jungle
And The Sea

Written and Directed by S. Shakthidharan & Eamon Flack

  • Venue Upstairs Theatre
  • Dates CANCELLED (2020 Season)

    Click here to view the 2022 production page of The Jungle and The Sea

    *** Given the unfolding situation with Covid-19 in Australia we have made the difficult but necessary decision to indefinitely postpone The Jungle and the Sea and we will no longer be able to stage it as part of the 2020 season.

    AFTER ANTIGONE AND THE MAHĀBHĀRATA

    Co-Produced with Lingalayum Dance Company

    From the multi-award winning team behind Counting and Cracking comes The Jungle and the Sea.
     
    A mother, in a time of war. Members of her family go missing, one after the other – but she never loses hope. A rich, sweeping new play that combines two great pillars of literature – the Mahabharatha and Antigone – with the untold histories of the Sri Lankan civil war to forge a new story about surviving loss, discovering love and building a path to justice.
     
    Counting and Cracking was written in honour of those who tried to halt Sri Lanka’s descent into civil war. The Jungle and the Sea is written in honour of those who survived the war, and the ways they found to uphold their dignity even when everything else was falling down around them.”
    S. Shakthidharan

    Supported by the Game Changers.

    Team

    Choreographer Anandavalli
    Set & Costume Designer Dale Ferguson
    Lighting Designer Veronique Benett
    Associate Composer Arjunan Puveendran
    Stage Manager Luke McGettigan
    Assistant Stage Manager Brooke Kiss

    Cast

    Anandavalli
    Prakash Belawadi
    Nadie Kammallaweera
    Arjunan Puveendran

    Jacob Rajan
    Kalieswari Srinivasan
    Vaishnavi Suryaprakash
    Rajan Velu

    • Running Times and Content Warnings

      Approximate running times of each production are uploaded to the production page as soon as that information becomes available. During the rehearsal period running times are liable to change given the extensive workshopping and development each production undergoes before it reaches the stage.

      Content warnings will also be uploaded to each production page as they are advised.

      Should you wish to speak to speak to a member of staff regarding running times, content warnings or any other show related queries, our box office can be contacted on 02 9699 3444.

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