When a young man turns up on Mel and Leo’s doorstep asking for peanut butter on toast and a band aid, they want to believe he might be their missing son…but is he really who he appears to be?
And how does he know so much about hypnotizing swans?
Cuckoo is a dark comedy about a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside a big box of Lego.
Written by Jane Miller
Directed by Alice Bishop
Cast: Natalie Carr, David Kambouris, Matthew Molony, Samuel Russo
Set design: Kelsey Henderson
Lighting design: Bronwyn Pringle
Stage Manager: Hayley Fox
“Beautiful writing that lets hope shine in its blackness” – Aussie Theatre.
“An honest, unsettling and thoroughly humorous account of life in the face of tragedy” – Theatre Press.
“This well written, performed and constructed play makes you laugh but also manages to make you twist uncomfortably in your seat ” – Arts Hub.
“An intriguing work from a playwright to watch” – The Age
Director's Note Alice Bishop Writer's Note Cuckoo has stretched and changed me as a writer. I hope audiences find it funny, sad, bizarre and enigmatic, much like life and people can be. The experience of writing the play in the context of the Masters course is one I will never forget. The intensity of the process as well as the insights and support of the lecturers and my wonderful classmates were invaluable and sustaining. In production, I couldn’t be more thrilled to have the opportunity to collaborate with artists of the talent and generosity of Alice, Natalie, Matt, David, Sam, Bronwyn, Kelsey and Hayley, or more delighted that Cuckoo is having its premiere in the wonderful space of fortyfivedownstairs. Jane Miller fortyfivedownstairs
9 -26 July 2015
Preview 8 July