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Buried
written by Tessa King, directed by Tom Healey
Jean McBride dies unexpectedly. Her husband Bill, a legendary trade union leader, has late-stage Dementia. Her daughters, Rachel and Anne, are left to wade through the remains of their mother’s life and deal with their unpredictable father.
Rachel has just returned from overseas and will do anything to evade guilt or responsibility while Anne cracks at the seams as the past returns to haunt her – a past that their father believes is the present. Tensions surface and sparks fly between the sisters but the real secret remains buried.
Directed by award-winning director, Tom Healey, and recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Robertson New Playwright Grant, Buried is a dark comedy about family, death and our greatest fear: becoming our parents.
