UMBER productions

RISK
by Elaine Acworth

In the commercial pine plantations 50 kilometres north of Brisbane CBD, great swathes of bush have been replaced by straight rows of tall pines. Dim corridors run between the rows, access roads criss-cross these occasionally, and distantly, the freeway cuts through the dark forest. As the sun sinks, two young people come, laughing, through the trees – Quin and Bex. Gradually, it becomes clear that Quin is running from something that occurred earlier in the day, something so terrible he has blocked it from his mind but the images rise like groundwater… Then two men arrive, one of whom falls to his knees, and begins thrusting a knife into the ground.

World Premiere
29 October to 15 November 2008
Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts

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Co-Directors: Elaine Acworth and Fraser Corfield
Designer: Greg Clarke
Lighting Designer: Chris Tollefson
Sculptor: Krista Berga
Sound Designer: Peter Nelson
Fight Director: Nigel Poulton
Assistant Director: Dave Burton
Featuring: Sam Clark, Peter Cossar, Gavin Ingham, Jess Loudon and Kathryn Marquet
Producers: Nicholas O'Donnelland Elaine Acworth

This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS
Brisbane Powehouse
Kruger Enterprises
Ernst & Young
Phorm Interiors
Nelson Molloy