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'It started around the time he turned 16. Everyone and everything started grating on Connor’s nerves. His mum, his dad, his teachers, even his best mate. Lately he just can’t help picking fights, slamming doors and flipping desks. Then his parents decide to dump him alone in a forest for a week.
'As unpredictable as Connor himself, 'The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You' tackles the ticking time bomb of teenagerdom. Behind its sly and smart-arsed exterior is a searching exploration of adolescent anger, bound to strike a dissonant chord with anyone who’s ever caught a whiff of teen spirit.' (Source: Griffin Theatre Company website.)
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Production Details
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Presented by Siren Theatre Co and Griffin Independent, at SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross.
Previews: 18 and 19 June 2014.
Season: 21 June – 12 July 2014.
Director: Kate Gaul.
Composer: Daryl Wallis.
Choreographer: Ash Bee.
Cast: Emily Ayoub, Branden Christine, Michael Cutrupi, Anthony Weir, and Kate Worsley.
Supported by Riverside Theatres Parramatta through True West Theatre.
Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company, 2-18 May 2019 (The Lawler, Southbank Theatre).
Director: Prue Clark.
Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson.
Cast including Harry Tseng.
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Works about this Work
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Melbourne Theatre Company Tour Takes Mainstage Theatre to Young People in Regional Victoria and Tasmania
2019
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;'As I sat patiently awaiting the start of Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Finegan Kruckemeyer's The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You, I surveyed my fellow audience members — teen girls chatting, teen boys trying to get their attention, and most of the 100 or so with phones in hands, ready to switch to silent.' (Introduction)
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Spot On : Angry Young Man Meets Even
2014
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 June 2014; (p. 17)
— Review of The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You 2014 single work drama
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Spot On : Angry Young Man Meets Even
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 June 2014; (p. 17)
— Review of The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You 2014 single work drama -
Melbourne Theatre Company Tour Takes Mainstage Theatre to Young People in Regional Victoria and Tasmania
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2019;'As I sat patiently awaiting the start of Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Finegan Kruckemeyer's The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You, I surveyed my fellow audience members — teen girls chatting, teen boys trying to get their attention, and most of the 100 or so with phones in hands, ready to switch to silent.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage
- 2014 joint winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Theatre for Young People