GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS

Winner — SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS — Best Set Design for Mainstage Production (Simon Phillips and Nick Schlieper with Craig Wilkinson and Jon Weber)

★★★★★ “If you miss this, you might peck yourself to death.” — SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

★★★★ “At Belvoir, [the adaptation] has been wrested from your mind by a set of creative safe hands… it does feel like a work that will touch just about everyone who comes to see it.” — LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE

“Craig Wilkinson’s projections and animations beautifully expand the tale while maintaining the bleak, pungent atmosphere of the emotionally drained household.” — CULTURAL BINGE

“Phillips’ direction is boldly imaginative, capturing the poetic chaos of the widower’s interactions with the crow in a production that is truly dazzling for the senses. Video design by Craig Wilkinson, along with illustrations by Jon Weber, form a highly evocative element of the staging, especially useful in bringing to life its supernatural dimensions.” — SUZY GOES SEE

“Tying the piece together are compelling video direction and live music. The former is genuinely exciting, as it etches the presence of Crow’s mythology across the stage, aided by Jon Weber’s work as illustrator.” — THE CONVERSATION

“Every once in a while you leave the theatre knowing that you have seen the rare treat where every element of the production comes together culminating in theatre at its best.” — AUSTRALIAN ARTS REVIEW

“What this production adds to Porter’s beautiful book is an intensity of purpose. This is a gloriously collaborative effort, from theatre makers at the height of their powers, to communicate the beauty that persists through the pain and degradation that life throws at us.” — THE CONVERSATION

“From a surprise hit novella, Phillips, Schmitz and company have created some of the richest theatre seen in Sydney this year that deals with human nature in its frailest moments.” — AUSTRALIAN ARTS REVIEW