La Boite Announces THE BITTERLING and BLACKBIRD as Upcoming Shows

The Bitterling | 17 March - 4 April

From the writer of last year's runaway hit The Truth About Kookaburras comes the haunting new play set at the height of Brisbane's disastrous 1974 floods.

Fifteen years after her disappearance, Rose Cutler surfaces from the violent floodwaters that threaten the home of her mother and son. For Ruby, who was left to raise her grandson alone, her daughter's return is as astonishing as it is unforgivable. But for apocalyptic teen Kevin, his mother's emergence with the flood is an unmistakeable sign that the world is about to end...

Blackbird | 7 - 25 April

After sell-out seasons in London's West End and New York, David Harrower's controversial Olivier Award-winning Blackbird at last receives its Queensland premiere this April at La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre.

In a debris-filled factory lunchroom, one-time lovers Ray and Una are reunited. As they sort through secrets and self-deceptions, it becomes clear that theirs was no ordinary love affair. Fifteen years ago when the 3-month relationship began, Una was just 12-years-old and Ray was her 40-year-old neighbour...

For more information on these shows, visit http://www.laboite.com.au/