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Production still for "Away". L-R: Cliff Ellen as Jim, Sally Cooper as Meg. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Away (1990)
By Michael Gow
04 October 1990 – 27 October 1990 Merlyn Theatre
Playbox Theatre Company,
Theatre Remount
Set in 1967-68, the play opens with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the great Shakespearean themes of suffering, regeneration and reconciliation persist. It's Christmas 1967 and time to re-enact the rituals of the summer holiday. Three Australian families set out separately but are driven together by a storm.
The production first premiered in 1986 and then toured around Victoria and to Shanghai, China in 1987. It returned to Melbourne in 1990.
Cast
Creatives
![Michael Gow](/media/cg2p41gq/gow-michael.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763237990100000)
Playwright
![Neil Armfield](/media/cbnnr0e3/armfield-neil.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763234753370000)
Director
![Stephen Curtis](/media/urvp5rhk/curtis-stephen.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236416400000)
Designer
![Robert Taylor](/media/ba3fycdb/taylor-robert.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132870217803930000)
Stage Manager, Production Manager
Composer
![Liz Pain](/media/tdhnwzv1/pain-liz.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763241337570000)
Lighting Designer
Costume Co-ordinator
Assistant Stage Manager
Scenic Artist
Stage Manager
Mechanist
![Colin Orchard](/media/j2hno2f1/orchard-colin.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132870217455030000)
Set and/or Property Maker, Carpenter, Cooper
Set and/or Property Maker, Carpenter, Cooper
![Jill Smith](/media/cbrjuf3b/smith-jill.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763242647630000)
General Manager