NOTHING - Director

by Fleur Murphy based on the novel by Janne Teller.

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March 2022

Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne

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"..Pineda’s direction perfectly brings the script to life with an overflow of finely crafted choices. Each scene is choreographed with a deft hand – keenly wringing out each emotion, each nuance and each spine tingling twist, to keep the audience on their toes."

Australian Arts Review

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"...an adaptation with main stage potential."

                                                        The Age

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When Pierre Anthon declares that nothing matters, he leaves his ninth-grade classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. To prove to him that life is full of worth his classmates make a "pile of meaning" and sacrifice things of great importance; Dungeons & Dragons books, a fishing rod, a pair of green sandals, a pet hamster…  

Each offering becomes more extreme. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile still isn’t meaningful enough to bring Pierre Anthon down?

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Creative team:

Playwright -  Fleur Murphy

Director - Alonso Pineda

Assistant Director - Karla Livingstone-Pardy

Movement Supervision - Cassandra Gray

Set and Costume design - Karine Larché

Lighting design - Harrie Hogan

Original music and Sound design - Sam Porter

Music Supervisor  - Lara Dawson

Set Building - Madelline Hillam

Song "That meant the world to me" by Jacob Diamond

Producer - Ryan Stewart

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Cast:

Rebecca Makar, Jessica Martin, Connor James, Laurence Young and Eddie Pattinson.

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