Caress/Ache

Suzie Miller’s newest production Caress / Ache is brushing its way past Sydney theatre-goers this March–April. Griffin Theatre Company hosts this particularly society-relevant coup –– daringly dealing with the issue of frailty, and vulnerability lodged within the human condition.

Sydney theatre director, dramaturge and teacher Anthony Skuse works closely with Miller on the production, breathing life into this montage-like performance. Inspired partly by the tragic Singaporean man who was executed for drug trafficking and denied a single, final hug from his desperate, wanting mother. “If people walk out with a heightened sense of empathy for their fellow humans, then I don’t think you could want anything more, really. Other things will flow from that.”  Says Anthony Skuse.

Focusing on the importance of touch and connection in this increasingly divided humanity, using various amalgamated examples accompanied by a minimalistic score. “Suzie Miller’s writing is incredibly musical, and reads as such.  I was Inspired by Philip Glass, and his combination of text and audio. The music in Caress/ Ache is beautifully scored by Nate Edmondson with a very full layer of text throughout the play.”

“The show asks you to lean into it, like an embrace. Inviting you to be open to the possibility of being moved emotionally and intellectually.” Says Skuse. (RBM)

Mar 6-Apr 11, Griffin Theatre Company, 13 Craigend Street, Kings Cross, $35-50, griffintheatre.com.au