Tear From a Glass Eye

Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Christen O'Leary as Iris, Monica Maughan as Irene. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Tear From a Glass Eye

By Matt Cameron

27 May 1998 – 20 June 1998 Beckett Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre World Premiere

Titus is found unconscious and sunburnt in a desert with no identification and no memory. The same day, a burned woman waits at the beach for a plane to explode overhead and fall into the sea. Titus is listed as a passenger on the flight. Tear from a Glass Eye is an absurd tale of random fate, the inevitable crash and human debris.

 

“HOW REWARDING TO RUMMAGE THROUGH MATT CAMERON’S MIND. WHAT A FIND. A TRUE ORIGINAL. DIG IN AND EXPLORE THE TORTUOUS PATHS OF HIS THOUGHT PROCESSES. DEFINITELY AN INTEREST IN SURREALISM, ECHOES OF PLAYWRIGHTS OF THE ABSURD MOVEMENT, YES. BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE. A VERY 1990’S FASCINATION WITH THE VIOLATION OF PERSONAL SPACE, THE FEAR OF COMMITMENT AND WARINESS TOWARDS ALL INTIMATE CONNECTIONS… ENTERTAINING, QUIZZICALLY PHILOSOPHICAL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING.”

– The Age

Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Peter Houghton as Titus, Alex Menglet as Mr Petra. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Christen O'Leary as Iris, Bob Hornery as Stanley, Monica Maughan as Irene. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Peter Houghton as Titus, Alex Menglet as Mr Petra. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Peter Houghton as Titus, Bob Hornery as Stanley. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Peter Houghton as Titus, Alex Menglet as Mr Petra. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Christen O'Leary as Iris, Bob Hornery as Stanley, Monica Maughan as Irene. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Peter Houghton as Titus, Alex Menglet as Mr Petra. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Tear From a Glass Eye". L-R: Peter Houghton as Titus, Bob Hornery as Stanley. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Creatives

Matt Cameron

Matt Cameron

Playwright

Simon Phillips

Director

Shaun Gurton

Shaun Gurton

Designer

David Murray

Lighting Designer

David Franzke

David Franzke

Sound Operator/Engineer

Armando Licul

Armando Licul

Stage Manager

Ian Macdonald

Composer

Tania Trusler

Costume Co-ordinator