By Rita Kalnejais
Director Eamon Flack
With Kathryn Beck, Helen Buday, David Carreon, Sean Chu, Russell Dykstra, Eamon Farren, Greg Stone and Sara West
Upstairs Theatre
11 February - 18 March
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Time for a comedy – a mad, gorgeous, bittersweet comedy about how good it is not to be dead yet.
A group of more or less ordinary Sydneysiders go about their lives: Anna makes toast, Henry dresses for work, Milla catches the train to school, Moses deals drugs – that kind of thing. But hovering above this unholy parade of life is the sobering fact that Milla will die before her 15th birthday.
Rita Kalnejais is a young playwright of uncommon genius. She looks at the humdrum world around us and sees something radically alive. Dogs, Paganini, figs, an eight-year-old Vietnamese violin prodigy, morphine, clear skies and a Latvian immigrant are amongst the magnificent conflagration of ingredients which make up this wonderful, funny play. Written specially for Belvoir, its theme is what Rita calls the violent sweetness of life.
Eamon Flack (The End, As You Like It) directs a play of unexpected brilliance about that very old and almost forgotten quality of life: grace.
Interview with writer Rita Kalnejais HERE.
Important date change: Please note that there will NOT be a performance of Babyteeth on Tuesday 6 March. Instead there will be one on Monday 5 March at 6.30pm.
Running time: approx 2.5 hours including interval.
Captioned performance - 2pm Saturday 3 March
We're really excited to announce the addition of mobile phone captioning, as well as standard captioning, to this performance. It’s a brand new service, and our performance will be the second ever in the world. You can see how the service works here.
Assistant Director
Kit Brookman
Set Designer
Robert Cousins
Costume Designer
Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer
Niklas Pajanti
Composer
Alan John
Sound Designer
Steve Francis
Kit Brookman
Set Designer
Robert Cousins
Costume Designer
Alice Babidge
Lighting Designer
Niklas Pajanti
Composer
Alan John
Sound Designer
Steve Francis
Previews / 30-Down
8pm Saturday 11 February
5pm Sunday 12 February
Opening Night
8pm Wednesday 15 February
Captioned Performance
2pm Saturday 3 March
Sunday Forum
3pm Sunday 11 March
Unwaged Performance
2pm Thursday 15 March
Wednesday Matinee
2pm Wednesday 22 February
Performance Times
6.30pm Tuesday (no performance on 6 March. This moved to Monday 5 March.)
8pm Wednesday - Friday
2pm & 8pm Saturday
5pm Sunday
Ticket Prices
Full price $62
Seniors (excluding Fri/Sat evenings) $52
Industry or Groups of 10+ $52
Concession $42
Previews $42
Student Rush $29
8pm Saturday 11 February
5pm Sunday 12 February
Opening Night
8pm Wednesday 15 February
Captioned Performance
2pm Saturday 3 March
Sunday Forum
3pm Sunday 11 March
Unwaged Performance
2pm Thursday 15 March
Wednesday Matinee
2pm Wednesday 22 February
Performance Times
6.30pm Tuesday (no performance on 6 March. This moved to Monday 5 March.)
8pm Wednesday - Friday
2pm & 8pm Saturday
5pm Sunday
Ticket Prices
Full price $62
Seniors (excluding Fri/Sat evenings) $52
Industry or Groups of 10+ $52
Concession $42
Previews $42
Student Rush $29
The revelations and complexities of this powerful production linger long after it has ended. At the end the story comes back to the death scene of the opening and then moves beyond it, to a conclusion, with a score by Alan John, that is transcendently moving.
John McCallum | The Australian
Moving, confronting, hopeful and above all, humane, Babyteeth will leave many in tears.
Jason Blake | The Sydney Morning Herald
John McCallum | The Australian
Moving, confronting, hopeful and above all, humane, Babyteeth will leave many in tears.
Jason Blake | The Sydney Morning Herald
For media enquiries contact
Elly Michelle Clough
elly@belvoir.com.au
02 8396 6242
