Blackrock - Presented by Macabre Theatre Co.
In a small Australian seaside town, it’s Toby Ackland’s birthday and that should mean heaps of good clean fun.
**THIS SHOW HAS ADULT THEMES – TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT**
In a small Australian seaside town, it’s Toby Ackland’s birthday party down near the surf club—and that should mean heaps of grog, drugs and good clean fun. But by the morning a young girl is dead, raped and bashed with a rock. Blackrock is an intimate and strongly shaped human drama which examines the social forces behind the impulse to violence in individual lives.
Macabre Theatre Company presents this compelling drama that defines an age of our recent history, a rare opportunity to examine the brutal truths about our world and ask questions that make us feel uncomfortable.
Blackrock was originally adapted from a 45-minute piece by Nick Enright, “A Property of the Clan”, that was inspired by the sexual assault and murder of 14-year-old Leigh Reannea Mears, near Newcastle in 1989. The award-winning play premiered in 1995, became a film in 1997, and was critically acclaimed.
This production is M15+ contains violent themes, coarse language, drug references, discussions of sexual assault, strobe and smoke effects.
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