Buried Child

About

In Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Vince returns to his childhood farm with his girlfriend, Shelly, only to find emotionally and physically crippled family members and a building that is falling apart and hiding secrets, rather than the idyllic place of his childhood.

Reviews

• The Advertiser
“Hannah Norris nails it exquisitely as an LA Valley girl, the incredulous catalyst for the family confronting its past…There is a breathtaking moment when he executes his domination over Shelly [Hannah Norris].”
Samela Harris

• Kryztoff RAW
“Hannah Norris’ performance is key as the young outsider Shelley, as it’s her arrival that changes the way we see everything, and she manages to ‘slow-burn’ her way through to the end of the play to perfection.”
Kosta Jaric

• Adelaide Theatre Guide
“it is Hannah Norris as innocent intruder, Shelly and Nicholas Garsden as slow elder sibling, Tilden who are standouts. Norris slides easily from giggly ineptitude to strong-willed realisation”
Brian Godfrey

• The Australian
“Shelly, in her rabbit fur jacket and blue jeans, is the unexpected intruder into this world of deceit and delusion. Like an Ibsen character she asks inconvenient questions and elicits uncomfortable truths. In two dramatically difficult moments in particular – allowing Tilden to touch her sleeve and when she is physically humiliated by Bradley at the end of Act Two, Hannah Norris and her fellow actors galvanise the production.”
Murray Bramwell

• InDaily
“unflappable Hannah Norris strident and striding to perfection as Shelly”
Kate Deller-Evans

• Theatre People
“As Vince and Shelly, Tim Overton and Hannah Norris deliver strong performances as the long lost grandchild and his lover”
Darren Hassan

Press

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