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The Seed

The Seed

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For Rose, a writer, it has come time to pen her own story. Armed with a dictaphone, she and her father Danny make their way to Nottingham, where she will meet her formidable Irish grandfather for the first time at their collective birthday, and record the reunion. But as their day together unfolds, it becomes clear that for all the explosive tension between them, they remain bound by history.

Drawing on her own family background, Australian playwright Kate Mulvany brings humour and heartbreak to this gripping exploration of the family fable.

Key Photography by Earl Carter, Production Photography by Jeff Busby.
Teaser video by Sunny Leunig, Season Launch video by Josh Burns.

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Anne-Louise Sarks

Anne-Louise is Artistic Director & Co-CEO of Melbourne Theatre Company.

An internationally acclaimed director, writer and dramaturg, Anne-Louise has directed over 30 productions with her work seen in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Helsinki, Mexico City, New York, Warsaw, Dublin, Auckland, Mumbai, Perth and Basel. Recent credits include Avalanche at the Barbican in London, and Our Town and Medea at Theater Basel. Most recently, she directed Stop Girl at Belvoir in Sydney. In 2018 her production of Blasted at Malthouse Theatre was nominated for four Green Room Awards.

Anne-Louise was previously Artistic Director of the Lyric Ensemble at the Lyric Hammersmith in London and of the leading Melbourne independent theatre company The Hayloft Project. She has been both Resident Director and an Associate Artist at Belvoir, Director in Residence at Malthouse Theatre, and in 2010 she was Emerging Resident Director at Melbourne Theatre Company.

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