IT’S Dark Outside – a smash hit at the Edinburgh Festival – is a unique combination of puppetry, animation and live performance that will spellbind and entrance Glasshouse theatre-goers this May.
Commissioned by Perth Theatre Company, It’s Dark Outside is created and performed by Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs and Tim Watts, the creators of the internationally renowned, multi-award winning production, The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer.
Joining Watts, Gray and Isaacs, is 2012 Martin Sims award-winning composer Rachael Dease, who has created a uniquely beautiful and moving score for the play.
As the sun sets, an old man and his noble tent go wandering into the wild. He is losing his mind. Swept up in a surreal world, he is on the run. Meanwhile, a mysterious tracker has caught the scent, and is hell bent on hunting him down. But while he can try and run away from the life he once knew, he can’t hide from everything.
Inspired by experiences and research into Alzheimer’s and Sundowner’s Syndrome, the play will be another heartfelt, fearless and inventive adventure about aging, getting lost and trying not to be found.
Puppetry, mask, animation and live performance are all expertly intertwined by the superbly talented cast to create a grand epic western about adventure, redemption and dementia.
Audiences will be drawn in by the perfect mix of enchanting, beautiful and uplifting moments that are woven throughout this must-see theatre event.
It’s Dark Outside will be on at the Glasshouse in Port Macquarie on Saturday 17 May, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost $49.90, $45.90 concession.
For more information or go book visit www.glasshouse.org.au, call on 65818888.
