Two Peas to Present DRIFT

Indie theatre company TWO PEAS (We're Bastards, Jennifer Forever, Edmond) will premier DRIFT, a new Australian play at ATYP's Studio 1 this July.

The only solution to grief is to grieve. It's as simple as that. You just have to grit your teeth and go through it. You can try to bury it; to stow it away in the darkest cavities inside you, but grief grows thick and wet like moss in the dark. You can try to ignore it, or pretend you don't know it, but sooner or later it shows up on your doorstep, bags packed and intending on staying a while. You can try to drown it, but you can be assured that it will swim. The only way to learn this, is to have something to grieve for.

"We tend to look at our teen years as our most formative and our most turbulent, but I think it's later - our twenties - when we really start to solidify who we are and where we fit into it all," says co writer and director Tara Clark. "We're now defined less and less by the values of our families and institutions, and forced to make decisions about our own sense of values and the direction our lives will take."

Fellow writer Kieran Foster continues, "So much of who we grow into is defined by the people we choose to surround ourselves with, our tribe; who we see ourselves to be is seen reflected in those we choose to have in our lives, and the loss of a close friend can bring not only devastating grief, but also crushing confusion. We wanted to explore this very delicate period of a person's life, where they're just starting to figure out who they are and where they fit into it all, compounded with the confusion of losing someone close, and someone just as young. We wrote Drift as an homage to young adulthood in all its guts as well as its glory."

Drift is the follow up to Clark's critically acclaimed Jennifer Forever, described by one critic as "such a brave and bold accomplishment" (Stevie Zipper, Theatre Unzipped) and the play writing debut for Foster.

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ATYP Artistic Director Fraser Corfield says, "ATYP is very proud to be hosting Two Peas. These young artists are establishing a reputation for delivering bold, edgy, intelligent theatre with a schmick professionalism. They are a company to watch in Sydney."

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