Small towns don't feel small when you grow up there. That comes later. The world as you know it seems wide. You feel close to it, the smells, the seasons, the secret places. But slowly, imperceptibly, like childhood itself, that comfortable, familiar, reassuring world starts to slip away.
– Noel Mengel, RPM
Julia-Rose Lewis’
assured first play Samson is a one of
those coming-of-age stories which dot the landscape of the Australian psyche.
Set in a small country town, the play follows the lives of Essie, Beth, Sid,
and Rabbit, as they collide, love, fight, dream, and burn burn burn. Co-produced
by Belvoir and Brisbane ’s
La Boite theatre, Samson arrives in Sydney after a
two-week run in Brisbane
