It has been announced that Belvoir’s award-winning Counting and Cracking, the theatrical hit of the Sydney Festival in 2019, will make its American debut in New York City at NYU’s Skirball Center in September, following a revival season that sees it play in Melbourne’s RISNG Festival and at Sydney’s Carriageworks.

Presented in partnership with The Public Theater and NYU Skirball, Counting and Cracking tells the story of a Sri Lankan-Australian family over four generations. It has already played overseas seasons in the United Kingdom in 2022.

Belvoir’s Counting and Cracking (2019). Photo © Brett Boardman

“Taking Counting and Cracking to the New York is something of a cultural moment,” says Eamon Flack, Belvoir’s Artistic Director and the director and associate writer of Counting and Cracking.

“Of course, Australian plays have been to New York before, but this is an Australian play set largely in Sri Lanka, with a cast from six different countries, performed in five different languages, and a touring party of 40. It’s crazy to take this show anywhere, let alone to New York.”

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