REVIEW: The Season
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The Season directed by Isaac Drandic (Blood On The Dance Floor), is the new play that takes place on Dog Island, somewhere between mainland Australia and Tasmania. The play centers on the Duncans family who for six weeks every year endure mutton-bird season. This season is explosive as ever with a fire, adultery, lesbianism, and secret mothers.
The main focus of the play is identity. Who are we? And, where have we been?
“I have always had such a sense of pride in our community and our culture but after years of being beaten from all angles, understandably it has taken its toll on some of our mob and I wanted to write something for them that was a counter to those blows and maybe heal some of the deep bruising that they have endured for simply existing,” said Nathan Maynard, the writer of The Season.
The actors are a class act with Maitland Schnaars stealing the show with his outrageous antics with and without clothes.
What was most interesting about the play was how visually appealing it was. The use of lighting, and sometimes lack there of, conveyed the inner struggles of the family and the love that holds them together.
The only criticism of The Season is the occasional awkward breaking of the fourth-wall moments.
Until Sep 29. The Seymour Centre, Cnr Cleveland St & City Rd, Chippendale. $36-$42+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.seymourcentre.com
Reviewed by Angela Stevens
