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Young theatre director Lewis is staging a production of Mozart's comic opera Cos? fan tutte. The catch? The cast are patients from a mental institution, none of whom can speak Italian... or sing. Can this unlikely cohort, including an obsessive-compulsive, a manic depressive and a junkie, pull it off? Or will a patient with a penchant for pyromania spoil all the fun? As Vietnam War protests rage outside and Lewis confronts the enormity of his task, he begins to realise the frightening and attractive power of madness, politics, theatre and love.

Cast/Performers

Sophie Brabenec, Matthew Burton, Maggie Daniels, Edmund Dehn, Cameron Harris, Lewis Hayes, Nathan Lang, Shelley Lang, Hamish MacDougall, David Price

Creatives/Company

Author: Louis Nowra
Producer: Ben Cooper (for Good Night Out)
Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Design: Cherry Truluck
Costume: Cherry Truluck
Lighting: Phil Hewitt