Dates: November/December 2024

Company: Black Swan State Theatre Company

Role: Director

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About

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Kate Mulvany's modern Australian classic in a new version for this 2024 season. This is an intimate, brash, and poignant family drama, brimming with comedy and tension as three family members navigate finding new life amongst the rubble of old wars.

Rose Maloney is a writer ready to pen her story.

Her father, Danny, is a Vietnam veteran still managing the effects of war.

Danny’s father, Brian, is an IRA soldier.

Today is their collective birthday.

Armed with a dictaphone and a head full of questions, Rose travels with Danny to Brian’s home in Nottingham to discover where and what it is she has truly come from.

The Seed digs deep into the depths of heritage and resilience.

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Responses

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★★★★½ Insightful, bittersweet, bluntly honest, and filled with necessary
humour, the poignant play takes you on a whirlwind journey from
crayfishing in Geraldton, to the Australian soldier experience during
the Vietnam War and the historical unrest in Northern Ireland and
England.

The West Australian, Tanya MacNaughton

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★★★★ With director Matt Edgerton’s edgy directing, the drama is so well

explored it’s a delightful evening in the theatre.

Limelight Magazine, Rita Clarke

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Director Matt Edgerton has skilfully crafted an intimate yet gripping

piece of theatre; that allows his cast to take the lead and bring these

multi-dimensional characters and sensitive subject matters to life.

Scenestr, Daniele Foti-Cuzzola​

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Compelling and relevant, The Seed is an emotionally rewarding​

journey that proudly and expertly demonstrates Western Australia’s

capacity to produce drama at a world-class level.

X-Press Magazine, Michael Hollick

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