God's Ear

By Jenny Schwartz

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

When tragedy strikes Mel and Ted’s, words fail them - literally. Routine conversations become a springboard for a whip-smart indictment of cliché, while everyday interactions turn thrillingly surreal as the couple find ways to bear the unbearable - aided by GI Joe, the Tooth Fairy, and a woman who is allergic to anything organic.

Premiering off-Broadway in 2007 to great acclaim, God’s Ear is a unique and brilliant theatrical vision from a young American playwright hailed as a rising star by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee. Moving, hilarious and ultimately hopeful, God’s Ear is a love song to the way language can tear us apart as well as bring us back together.

'A triumph!' (New York Times)

'A provocative, adventuresome, beautifully written play' (Edward Albee)

• Director: Jonathan Wald
• Producer: Jocelyn Brewer
• Set and Costume Designer: Jo Lewis
• Composer and Sound Designer: Steve Toulmin
• Lighting Designer: Matt Cox
• Songs by Michael Friedman with additional lyrics by Jenny Schwartz
• Starring Natasha Beaumont, Kieran Foster, Julian Garner, Victoria Greiner, Cameron Knight, Helen O'Leary and Gael Ballantyne

God's Ear is presented by Pursued By A Bear and is the final show in the Seymour's inaugural Reginald Season which features some of Australia's best small and emerging performance companies.