Renowned Sydney director Anthony Skuse takes the reigns with Suzie Miller’s new play Caress/Ache, exploring the global frailty of human life.
Interweaving disparate lives, Miller presents a collection of fragile and intimate moments from all over the world.A surgeon that can no longer touch the living, a mother pleading to hold her son for the last time and a cheating couple attempting to rebuild trust are a snapshot of the interwoven storylines doccumenting the beauty and power of touch.
The execution of Australian drug trafficker Van Tuong Nguyen and his mother’s denied and desperate pleas to hug her son before his death planted the seed for Caress/Ache.Miller saw a sad irony in this denial that for her, highlighted the power and beauty of human touch.
Zoe Carides and Ian Stenlake lead a cast including Helen Christinson, Gary Clementson and Sabryna Te’o.
TheCaress/Ache season will run from Friday March 6 to Saturday April 11. Tickets can be purchased from theGriffin Theatre.
