The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You
‘Funny without being patronising, and serious without seeming earnest… Violent Outburst develops a hallucinatory quality which, given Connor’s swirling brain chemistry, feels just right’
Sydney Morning Herald
‘This is a beautifully written and structured play… It lets young students know that they are not alone, they are loved and there is hope’
Independent Theatre Association, Western Australia
Sixteen year old Connor is angry. He doesn’t know why, and he doesn’t know where to direct it. People and things he once liked annoy him. As the anger doesn’t like others, Connor is left in a forest, for a week, by himself, to calm down. But it turns out, the anger has travelled with him.
Then a girl called Lotte walks into the woods. And it turns out, she is angry too…
awards
2015 Published by Currency Press
2014 Australian Writers Guild Award: Best Theatre for Young Audiences
2014 Finalist, Sydney Theatre Critics Award: Best Production, Young People
CAST SIZE
3 or more actors
Previous seasons: 5 performers, 3F, 2M
AUDIENCE SIZE
For ages fourteen and up, all the way to adult (frequent coarse language)
length
60-90 minutes
SEASONS
(Germany and Australia)
2019
Melbourne Theatre Company, Australia
Victorian and Tasmanian statewide tours
Staatstheater Hannover, Germany
2017
Brighton Secondary School, Adelaide, Australia
2016
Murdoch University, Western Australia (produced by Hand in Hand)
2015
Corrugated Iron, Darwin, Australia
2014
Griffin Theatre, Sydney, Australia
2013
Riverside Theatre, Sydney, Australia
Melbourne Theatre Company production, Harry Tseng as Connor
Interview on ABC Radio National – Life Matters with Natasha Mitchell
First produced
- Commissioned by Siren Theatre and Mudlark Theatre, 2012
- First produced by Siren Theatre, 2013
- First directed by Kate Gaul