Details

Peter Carey's sardonic novel Bliss charts the escapades and misadventures of Harry Joy, an advertising executive who, having survived a near-death experience, gets sucked into a Kafkaesque routine of increasing bizarreness. Is he really in hell? In a place where his wife is constantly unfaithful, his son is a drug dealer and his daughter offers sexual favours to pay for her narcotic needs? Duration 2hrs 40mins. Sung in English with English supertitles. Please note this production contains coarse language and adult themes. It is not recommended for children.

Cast/Performers

Peter Coleman-Wright (Harry Joy), Marlyn Quaife (Betty), Lorina Gore (Honey B), Barry Ryan (Alex), David Corcoran (David), Taryn Fiebig (Lucy), Kanen Breen (Johnny)

Creatives/Company

Music: Brett Dean
Lyrics: Amanda Holden (based on the novel by Peter Carey)
Company(s): Opera Australia, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Elgar Howarth
Director: Neil Armfield
Choreographer: Kate Champion
Design: Brian Thomson
Costume: Alice Babidge
Lighting: Nigel Levings