punk rock by simon stephens

director|ruby rees

★★★★★

“Ruby Rees’ production is stylish, energetic and exciting. The play runs for two hours without an interval and it flies by seamlessly. her scene changes are interspersed with violently stylized vignettes, all original rees content-that thrillingly provide commentary on the characters and scenes that proceeded them. Given the seating structure, she allows her performers to act with their whole bodies allowing for a diverse range of insights into their experiences. Watch closely and you can see any one of the actors take you on an entire character arc using the muscles of their back”. — Darby turnbull, theatrepeople

★★★★★

"In her high-velocity and astonishingly assured production, director Ruby Rees casts shrewdly against type, confounding our expectations and increasing our horror when playful extroversion becomes violent bullying. For a 25 year old director to take on the challenge is admirable. To pull it off is close to miraculous." —CHRIS BOYD, The Australian

★★★★

"Punk Rock comes to life with an ensemble performance of disturbing intimacy. The last two shows to come out of the new indie theatre company may be the most stylish and enterprising to come out of Melbourne since The Hayloft Project." —CAMERON WOODHEAD, The Age

Intelligent. Articulate. F***ed.

Tucked away in a grammar school library, the dreaded exam period looming, seven students on the cusp of adulthood humiliate and lustfully toy with each other, their latent fury skirting dangerously close to the surface.

SET DESIGNER | freya allen

LIGHTING DESIGNER | richard vabre

sound design | daniella esposito