AustLit

"Karla, a young medical student, is trying to cure her brother, Blake, from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to treat him, a more sinister reason for his condition is revealed."

Source: South Australia Made Showcase

'We all want to belong. Devereaux, lost and confused, has finally found her place in a welcoming commune called 'The Children'. Freedom. Bliss. Paradise. Or is it? What happens as cracks start to appear in the idyllic membrane surrounding the cult? Devereaux slowly realises as tensions rise that she doesn't belong. What will happen when she tries to escape her new family? An exploration of power, control and corruption, by the award-winning On The Fringe led by Claire Glenn, written by Alan Grace.'

Source: Adelaide Fringe.

'Johnny and Anna are equally isolated but extremely different people who find a way to connect with each other through what could perhaps be the last telephone line left on earth. Johnny, trapped in his father's deluxe private bomb shelter, is slowly drinking himself into oblivion, while at the same attempting to remember every detail of his favourite films. Anna is trapped in a public bomb shelter, having entered it with 10 other people months ago. She remains the sole survivor. When Anna uncovers an emergency phone line, the unlikely pair attempt to recover some form of human connection. But can they really relate?

What sort of cruel fate would bring you in contact with the last person on earth, but you didn't even like them? Could living ever be more excruciating than dying? ' Source: www.bakehousetheatre.com (Sighted 14/02/2011).