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PRECIPICE

by Catherine Ryan

Mel is a 40-year-old single working mother, struggling but strong, trying to maintain family, job and herself in a harsh world. Al is older, a compulsive reader of Death Notices, and obsessive attender of the funerals of strangers. Their lives converge at Mel’s funeral.

Precipice is an evocation of the state of being suggested by the play’s title. Suspension, balanced right on the edge, hovering, held in the moment before inevitable change. Precipice is sparse and poetic, fragmented yet often lyrical - a journey into the mind, the imagination, and the desperate, abiding importance of compassion and love.

StyleNon-naturalistic, poetic
Length60 minutes
Cast3 female, 1 male
Cast age18+
Audience ageyoung adult, adult
PublisherAustralian Script Centre

 

Awards:

Winner of the 2009 George Fairfax Memorial Award

Winner of the 2009 Inscription/Theatrelab Script Development Award