CORAM BOY | by JAMILA GAVIN
adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson
Directed by John Harrison & Michael Dean
Production Design John Harrison Lighting Design Benjamin Brockman; Composition & Sound Design Nate Edmondson; Costume Design Suzanne Millar and Sonia McAlpine; Stage Manager Andrew McMartin; Assistant Director Charles Vaux;
Promotional Photography Cole Bennetts Prouction Photography Clare Hawley
Producer Suzanne Millar
With Rebecca Abdel-Messih, Lloyd Allison-Young, Violette Ayad, Andrew Den, Ryan Hodson, Tinashe Mangwana, Joshua McElroy, Suz Mawer, Emma O’Sullivan, Gideon Payten-Griffiths, Ariadne Sgouros, Annie Stafford, Amanda Stephens-Lee, Petronella Van Tienan, Joshua Wiseman.
REVIEWS
pure, crystalline theatrical magic Richard Cotter ★★★★
stunning Jo Litson, Limelight ★★★★
When it comes to attempting the impossible, bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company has form, so it is no surprise that they have, once again, achieved what really shouldn’t be possible Sydney Morning Herald ★★★★
a must-see happening … visual spectacle, and emotional journey, a performance triumph OTT / TNN ★★★★
Spanning 3 generations, Jamila Gavin’s best-selling novel is at once a glorious love story and an epic Dickensian thriller. It is a spell-binding, heart-breakingly beautiful tale of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, children lost and found, betrayal and murder. And love. And the redemption that love brings.
in 2018 the World Health Organisation WHO announced that child slavery is on the rise. Coram Boy examines the fate of the unwanted children of our world
