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'Sebastian is a terminally unpopular fifteen-year-old suburban kid, with an overactive imagination and an obsession with anime and death. His only friend, Claryssa, is an emo Wiccan art-freak barely one rung higher than Sebastian on the social ladder. What starts as just another night drinking down at the cricket nets soon gives way to an ecstatic vision that leaves Sebastian unconscious, their friendship left in ruin. The next morning, he wakes up with a mysterious moth in a jar by his bed, and a calling to save the souls of all humankind. And so begins the Passion of Sebastian ...'
Source: Malthouse Theatre website, www.malthousetheatre.com.au (sighted 10/05/2010)
Notes
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Commissioned by Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre Company
Production Details
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First produced by Malthouse Theatre and Arena Theatre Company at the Tower Theatre C.U.B. Malthouse, Melbourne, Victoria, 13 - 30 May, 2010.
Director: Chris Kohn.
Produced by The Kings Collective, Sydney, 6-16 September 2018.
Director: Rachel Chant.
Design: Tyler Hawkins.
Lighting Design: Alexander Berlage.
Animation: Todd Fuller.
Composition: Chrysoulla Markoulli.
Sound Design: Tom Hogan.
Stage Manager: Erin Shaw.
Production Manager: Shell McKenzie.
Assistant Direction: Joseph Brown.
Cast: Jeremi Campese and Ruby O'Kelly.
Presented by Theatre Works at Theatre Works, 18 May - 3 June 2023.
Director: Briony Dunn.
Costume Designer: Betty Auhl.
Lighting Designer: Niklas Pajanti.
Sound Designer: Darrin Verhagen.
Cast: Lucy Ansell and Adam Noviello.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Darkness of Being
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 August 2011; (p. 46)
— Review of Moth 2010 single work drama -
Strong Field among Helpmann Nominees
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2011; (p. 15) -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 23 May 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Moth 2010 single work drama -
Now They're Rebels without Applause
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 May 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of Moth 2010 single work drama -
Drawn to a Flame of Sprawling Ideas
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 May 2010; (p. 16)
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Now They're Rebels without Applause
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 May 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of Moth 2010 single work drama -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 23 May 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Moth 2010 single work drama -
The Darkness of Being
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 August 2011; (p. 46)
— Review of Moth 2010 single work drama -
Drawn to a Flame of Sprawling Ideas
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 May 2010; (p. 16) -
Strong Field among Helpmann Nominees
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 July 2011; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2011 winner AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Theatre for Young People
- 2011 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Drama Script (Stage)
- 2011 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best New Australian Work
- 2010 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama