The Danger Age

“Mulvany’s play bursts from the stage: rollicking, furious, explosive and untrammeled” - The Australian “Enlightening and enlivening, The Danger Age makes for engrossing entertainment.” - Time Off Magazine Set in Kalbarri, The Danger Age by celebrated author Kate Mulvany (The Seed) is a comic exploration of life during WWII. An absurd chain of events is set in motion when a ten-year-old boy named (coincidentally) John Curtin gets caught in political intrigue after he accidentally receives a call from President Roosevelt intended for his Prime Ministerial namesake. This leads the boy to attempt to save his hometown having a line drawn through it, which would condemn the north to destruction while saving the well-to-do southern half. Enlisting a small army including a foul-mouthed sock puppet, a young aboriginal girl named Albert Namitjira, and a Japanese doctor the play follows the chronically asthmatic Curtin’s adventures and makes for an absurdly comic, wickedly inventive and visually rich exploration of our country’s past. Composer Ash Gibson Greig Designer Matt McVeigh and Iona McAuley Starring Hayley McElhinney, Samantha Murray, Gibson Nolte, Damon Lockwood, Anthony Wong & Irma Woods Lighting Designer Joseph Mercurio