NOTHING by Fleur Murphy

Location: fortyfivedownstairs.
Dates: March 1-13, 2022.

Written by Fleur Murphy, adapted from the novel by Janne Teller
Produced by Ryan Stewart

Directed by Alonso Pineda
Assistant Direction by Karla Livingstone-Pardy
Movement Supervision by Cassandra Gray
Stage Management by Annie Gleisner
Costume and Set Design by Karine Larché
Lighting Design by Harrie Hogan
Music Composition and Sound Design by Sam Porter
Music Advisor Lara Dawson
Set Building by Madelline Hillam
Show Crew Al Brill & Olivia Molinaro-Brennan
Photography Cameron Grant

Performed by Rebecca Makar, Jessica Martin, Connor James, Eddie Pattison and, Laurence Young.

Details: When Pierre Anthon smugly declares there's no meaning to life, he leaves his ninth-grade classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. To prove to him that life is full of worth his classmates make a ‘pile of meaning’ and sacrifice things of great importance; Dungeons & Dragons books, a fishing rod, a pair of green sandals, a pet hamster… Then, events start to take a morbid twist as each offering becomes more extreme. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile still isn’t meaningful enough to bring Pierre Anthon down?

Media:
"...an adaptation with main stage potential."
Cameron Woodhead, The Age

"Murphy has masterfully adapted Janne Teller’s award-winning novel – keeping the dialogue sharp and the mood light, until bringing down the hammer to shatter the wholesome world on stage."
Australian Arts Review