Griffin Theatre Company: Griffin Theatre: Wake in Fright
25 June @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm AEST

Welcome to Bundayabba – the best little town in the world!
You’ll never want to leave. And even if you did… You can’t.
Well-heeled schoolteacher John Grant is en route to Sydney when a layover in the mining town of Bundanyabba turns into a three-week freefall. Stranded and starving, Grant is forced to rely on the locals for survival. But as the beer flows and the nights wear on, he finds himself stripped of money, identity and sanity.
In a ferocious solo performance, Zahra Newman delves into the twisted heart of Wake in Fright – Kenneth Cook’s cult Australian novel and iconic horror film. Directed by Declan Greene (Naturism, The Lewis Trilogy) with a thrilling, bone-rattling score from friendships, this adaptation is a descent into a uniquely Australian kind of hell: full of booze, bravado and buried violence.
Buy a beer, drink up and wear your earplugs.
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