'The Jungle And The Sea' Opens at Belvoir
The Jungle and the Sea is now playing at Belvoir Street Theatre. The new play is Written and Directed by Eamon Flack and S.Shakthidharan (the team behind the award-winning Counting and Cracking).
A mother, in a time of war. Members of her family go missing, one after the other – but she never loses hope. A rich, sweeping new play that combines two great pillars of literature – the Mahābhāratha and Antigone – with the untold histories of the Sri Lankan civil war to forge a new story about surviving loss, discovering love and building a path to justice.
‘…much of it is extraordinary, and in an age when possibilities of theatre seem to be ever shrinking to the literal, the domestic and the ticking of boxes, this dares to dream on an epic scale’
Sydney Morning Herald - 4 Stars
‘Like its predecessor, The Jungle and the Sea is another achievement of sustained feeling and empathy, of insight into chaos, power and the human instinct for joy and survival.’
Guardian - 4 Stars
‘Theatre’s historical objective has been to simply entertain, but The Jungle and the Sea reminds us it is also a tool to inform, remind, represent, empathise and share. The show is long, but then so is the journey home. Embrace it. This is the show to watch in Sydney right now, best to book your tickets before it sells out.’
Time Out - 4 Stars
‘It’s a soaring achievement to end the 2022 Belvoir season, carried by an extraordinary international ensemble. Hugely recommended.’
Limelight Magazine - 4 Stars
The Jungle and the Sea runs until 18th December and you can buy tickets here.
