The Sunset Limited - Australian Premiere - ENSEMBLE THEATRE

Australian Premiere - The Sunset Limited
By Cormac McCarthy
Cast: Mark Kilmurry, Patrick Williams
Director: Jennifer Don Designer: Claire Moloney Lighting Designer: Gavan Swift & Matt Tunchon

A compelling and powerful play about compassion, faith and the value of life.

Award winning novelist Cormac McCarthys (The Road, No Country For Old Men, All The Pretty Horses) powerful, thrilling new play about two men trying to figure out the reason we live the way we live. A man has thrown himself in front of a train. Another man saves him. One man is black. The other white. Why did the white man try to kill himself? Why is the black man helping him? Inspired by real life events the play asks the age old question: To be or not to be?

Ensemble Studios graduate Jennifer Don makes her directorial debut at the Ensemble Theatre with The Sunset Limited. Jennifers interest in directing began when she assisted Hayes Gordon on the graduation of 87. She has assisted Sandra Bates on Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire. Jennifer has previously directed productions for Ensemble Studios, The Balmain Loft, Belvoir St, Sydney Short Play Festival, The Harold Park Hotel, Crypt Theatre and The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre. In 2007 she was the recipient of the Emerging Directors Grant affording her the opportunity to observe Sandra Bates on her productions of TRYING and RABBIT HOLE.
Mark Kilmurry (WHITE) is a writer/director/actor who has directed more than a dozen productions at Ensemble Theatre since he was appointed Associate Director in 2005. He has appeared in more than 20 productions for other theatre companies in London, New York and Sydney. His Ensemble Theatre acting credits include Rabbit Hole, The Drawer Boy, Hamlet, Art, The Yalta Game/Afterplay, Aunty and Me and Japes.
Patrick Williams (BLACK) is a Melbourne based actor/singer/presenter who has appeared in the musicals Oh What A Night!, Hair and The Buddy Holly Story, in the stage plays The Saint Plays for MTC, Romeo and Juliet for The Australian Shakespeare Company and Strangers in the Night for Playbox. He was a regular singer on GMA with Bert Newton and was in the John Hillcoat directed Frankie and Johnny.

seductively written. New York Times

From the opening lines, we know were in the presence of a writer of great skill and depth. McCarthy is a master of one crucial aspect of stage writing: dialogue. Time Out New York

a finely tuned dispute The ideas presented offer so much food-for-thought that youll be discussing them long after seeing The Sunset Limited. This is mind expanding theatre at its best. Chicagocritic.com

SEASON DETAILS:
VENUE: Ensemble Theatre, 78 McDougall Street, Kirribilli, NSW, 2061
DATES: Previews 22 28 Oct, opens Wed 28 October, plays to December 12, 2009




PERFORMANCES: Performance times vary
PRICES: $39 - $63 (a $4.00 booking charge will apply to phone and internet bookings)




BOOKINGS: 02 9929 0644 or www.ensemble.com.au
FURTHER INFORMATION / INTERVIEWS / IMAGES please contact: Merran Doyle 0419 999 607
(02) 9905 4644 or email: merran@merrandoyle.com.au

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• Jennifer
• Don
• Sydney
• Australia

[hanshotfirst1138]

Is there any video footage of your production? It looks fascinating.

[theBEST1455]

this play is absolotly amazing, Cormac Mcarthy is a true genius

[HOODYWOODRECORDS]

White? Black?..........?