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'Authentic Australian stories are a rarity on our stages. Even rarer are stories as personal as this by Kylie Trounson, which grapples with the ordinary wonder of conceiving a child and the extraordinary heartbreak when you can't.
'Kylie was a child when her father Emeritus Professor Alan Trounson made breakthrough after breakthrough in fertility research. It was 1970s Melbourne and society was divided: was he a hero? Or a mad scientist playing God? The controversy swirled so close to her, yet she was far too young to understand how much was at stake. But now she can see it plain: that when we speak about conception we speak of the most profound things, of family and faith, our lives and our mortality, and our uncertain place in Nature.
'There was a world before IVF and a world after. Multi-layered and wide-ranging, The Waiting Room explores how they are not the same world. Created in collaboration with Naomi Edwards, the play received a rapturous response as part of the 2014 Cybec Electric play readings. Now Edwards makes her MTC mainstage directorial debut in a production featuring Belinda McClory and William McInnes.' (Production summary)
Production Details
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World premiere at the Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio : 15 May - 27 June 2015.
Director: Naomi Edwards.
Set Designer: Dayna Morrissey.
Costume Designer: Chloe Greaves.
Lighting Designer: Richard Vabre.
Composer & Sound Designer: Russell Goldsmith.
AV Designer: Michael Carmody.
Cast includes Kate Atkinson, Brett Cousins, Belinda McClory, William McInnes, Sophie Ross, and Greg Stone.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Kylie Trounson : Perhaps IVF Has Made Us Less Able to Conceive Naturally
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 21 May 2015;
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
IVF Story Produces Fertile Drama
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 May 2015; (p. 14)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
Compelling, Despite Birthing Pains
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 23-24 May 2015; (p. 40)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
The Two of Us : Alan Trounson and Kylie Trounson
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2015; (p. 6) -
Trounson’s Baby the Story of IVF
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 May 2015; (p. 15)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama
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Trounson’s Baby the Story of IVF
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 May 2015; (p. 15)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
Compelling, Despite Birthing Pains
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 23-24 May 2015; (p. 40)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
IVF Story Produces Fertile Drama
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 May 2015; (p. 14)
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
Kylie Trounson : Perhaps IVF Has Made Us Less Able to Conceive Naturally
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 21 May 2015;
— Review of The Waiting Room 2015 single work drama -
The Two of Us : Alan Trounson and Kylie Trounson
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2015; (p. 6)
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1970s