REFUGE

‘I wish we had somewhere we could go just together… don’t you?’

– Annabelle in The Yum Yum Room



Four plays that look at our need to have a special place, introduced by Kate Mulvany.



PP Cranney takes three perspectives in his compelling play Home as he pits suburban trivialities against the lives of the homeless, and the hardships of two young refugees separated from their family.



Stephen House looks at issues of trust, vulnerability and ritual in The Yum Yum Room . 17-year-old Tom wants to be a DJ, his dad would prefer that he finished school and stopped smoking dope. This gentle script explores tough issues with tenderness and humour.



John Romeril takes the search for security into a future dystopia where, in a terrifying twist on survival of the fittest, the young are hunted in the streets. Crowded House is an imaginative and gripping drama in which home is wherever you can hide, and wherever camaraderie can be found.



The Bridge , just out of town, is a sanctuary for a group of young people until one suicides and shatters the small community. Chris Thompson’s moving play explores the search for belonging during the transition from adolescence to autonomy.



‘The four playwrights… [have] taken the notions of home, refuge and love and woven them into four important stories.’ Kate Mulvany.

To read an extract from these plays click on thisPDF.