Sisters Grimm (Ash Flanders and Declan Greene), the team behind Neon festival hit The Sovereign Wife, premiere their newest genre-defying work for the Melbourne stage.
It is 1861 and neuroscientist Charles Penworth has been called on to raise Lilith, a young girl, played by Ash Flanders, who was captured in Borneo. She’s brought to the glitterati of colonial Amsterdam and the whole country is intrigued, but Penworth’s task is to separate Lilith from her animal nature.
The play unfolds as part The Elephant Man, part She’s All That, but as it draws to a close the question is asked: who is the real savage?
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Southbank Theatre
The Lawler
140 Southbank Blvd
Southbank VIC 3006
Date: from 1 September to 1 October 2016
Price: prices not yet available
Website: Melbourne Theatre Company
Telephone: (03) 8688 0800
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