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Article: Horizon makes its way to Brisbane Powerhouse!

 

‘Nothing like hitting the road to leave your troubles behind.’


Playlab Theatre’s, Horizon returns to the stage July 31, 2024, at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Commissioned by Playlab Theatre and written by award-winning playwright Maxine Mellor, Horizon is an AWGIE award-winning script exploring the current political and social climate of Australia, and where we are headed as a nation — who is driving and to where?

With the horizon ahead of them, Cole and Sky drive into the guts of the country in search of freedom. Cole’s dad is sick, Sky is bored of the corporate ladder, and so they’re excited to hit the road and leave their problems behind. Their newfound freedom is underscored by a long-forgotten mix tape buried deep in the glovebox, but out of the static emerges the past. When secrets start to leak from the car, dingoes begin to stalk them, and the bush seems more haunting than before. The road trip games aren’t fun anymore.

“Cole and Sky are driving to the heart of the country that lies exposed in open cut mines. Along the way, they are cutting deep into their hearts to discover their own abuses, fault lines and desires,” says playwright Maxine Mellor. “For Cole, returning home, the sparse and stark landscape offers little protection to hide his past shame. For Sky, this landscape is new and at times terrifying, and so is her inner terrain — she is feeling lost and alien in her own skin.”

Horizon by Maxine Mellor is once again directed by Ian Lawson and stars new cast members Ashlee Lollback and Julian Curtis. The season runs July 31 – August 10 2024, tickets are on sale via playlabtheatre.com.au.

The playwright, director, and actors are available for interviews. Reviewers are invited to contact Playlab Theatre to organise complimentary tickets.

Horizon by Maxine Mellor is an AWGIE Award winning work for Best Stage Original Script and the 2022 winner of the Australian Writers’ Guild’s David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, made possible by the generous donation of David and Kristin Williamson and
Shane and Cathryn Brennan.


More information can be found at playlabtheatre.com.au.

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