THE DAYS ARE AS GRASS, Directed by Jane Edwina Seymour, Opens at Depot Theatre This October

Jane Edwina Seymour, who has been enjoying a successful career in LA for the last few years, will return to Sydney to direct an incredible, home-grown cast in Carol Hall's astounding 8-piece play, Days Are as Grass, as part of the 2016 Depot Theatre Season.

The Days Are as Grass is a full-length production consisting of six short plays and two solo pieces. The small cast of 7 experienced and mature actors will play over a dozen characters, exploring the nature of life in their later years - the fragility of what was once certain, the loss of friends and lovers and the surprises of age. Each of the stories in The Days Are as Grass are told with a supreme wit and unerring honesty whilst being tender and playful in its celebration of the human condition.

Jane Edwina Seymour is an acclaimed Australian actress who graced stage and screen at home before moving to Los Angeles where she has worked almost non-stop. The Days Are as Grass will be her return to directorial duties, choosing her home-ground of Sydney to do so. Seymour wanted to bring this incredible show to Sydney audiences to tell stories about older generations so often under-represented in theatrical productions - stories that are poignant and resonate with all people, no matter their age. In development since 2014, Seymour's production of The Days Are as Grass has had workshops and moved readings prior to this year's production, both in Australia and in the US. Seymour has deftly constructed the show to be one of universal appeal - indeed, stories about humans celebrating love, loss, longing & lives well lived.

The Days Are as Grass comprises:

Vacation

With Felicity Steel and Richard Cotter

A married couple enjoying a relaxing weekend become obsessed with a couple traveling nearby who are clearly having an illicit affair.

Last Will and Testament

With Susan M Kennedy

A well-meaning socialite tries to write her will, so that after her death all her friends and loved ones can receive a small memento. But she finds that planning for one's own demise is no picnic!

Life Time

With Christine Greenough and Kimbal Knuckey

A couple has been together so long they barely need words to express themselves. Is memory loss a curse or a blessing in disguise?

Jack and Jill

With Sarah Plummer and Richard Cotter

A brother and sister try to come to terms with the idea of their divorced parents getting back together after 35 years.

The River Jordan Lamp

With Sandra Campbell

A woman living alone makes an unusual connection with a young man - and eventually sees the light, or the absence of one, as she pays for what she calls her "sin of the flesh."

Sensations

With Felicity Steel and Kimbal Knuckey

A bickering couple in matching robes and slippers sit and wait for the pills, they've secretly saved up, to take effect and end their lives - but did they do it correctly? And if not, whose fault is that, anyway?

The Days Are as Grass

With Christine Greenough and Richard Cotter

A younger man and older woman have an argument about what happened to their affair, while literary quotes still appear to bind them affectionately.

The Last Word

With Felicity Steel and Kimbal Knuckey

A husband chatters away as he pushes the wheelchair of his mute and paralysed wife, while the audience are able to hear everything she is thinking.

Carol Hall is best known for her work in musical theatre, composing the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway stage musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Her other works include the Broadway sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, as well as the Off-Broadway musical To Whom It May Concern. Hall was also commissioned to create three songs for then hugely popular Marlo Thomas LP Free to Be... You and Me and the 1974 television special based on the album. Hall also wrote lyrics for the debut album of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, Together Again. For many years Hall has been a major contributor to Sesame Street and wrote the Grammy-winning "True Blue Miracle" from Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, among others. Hall is a Lifetime Member of the Dramatists Guild Council and Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild Fund

The Days Are as Grass was first performed at the Woodstock Fringe festival in Woodstock, New York, in 2004. RPW's production this October at the Depot Theatre will be the Australian premiere. A show not to be missed, audiences will adore this warm, very funny, very surprising collection of plays that looks right into the heart of the human condition - the different roads we travel, with hills and valleys, bends and curves, often with 'destination unknown'. An entire life in a blade of grass.

Season: 19th - 29th October 2016

Previews: 8pm Wednesday 19th October

Opening Night: 8pm Thursday 20th October

Performances: 8pm Wednesday - Saturday. 5pm Sunday

Tickets: $32 Full. $27 Concession. $27 Group 10+. $22 preview/Cheap Wednesday/Student

Bookings: http://thedepottheatre.com/the-days-are-as-grass

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