The Stables put on Louis Nowra’s ‘The Marvellous Boy’, the second play of the playwrights’ trilogy about the Boyce family. This follows last year’s excellent ‘The Woman with Dog’s Eyes’. Next year will see the final play in the trilogy.

The Stables Artistic Director David Berthold helmed ‘The Marvellous Boy’ himself. Nowra’s writing was as crisp and incisive as ever, highlighting people’s less than worthy motives.

All the performances had a great edginess. Danny Adock as the father proved again what a great dramatic actor he is. Toby Schmitz played son, Luke, the marvellous boy who finds that his feelings don’t count when it really matters.

Susie Lindeman was enigmatic as Luke’s lover with Nowra basing her character looselyon the late Kings Cross community crusader, Juanita Nielson. Anthony Phelan and Bruce Spence were great as two very dark Kings Cross underworld figures.