A very atmospheric, personal and poetic night at the theatre awaits theatregoers who make their way to the Bondi Pavilion theatre to see local playwright Brooke Robinson’s new play ANIMAL/PEOPLE.

The play features interweaving monologues by a husband and wife as they talk about what has been going on for them, the intense experiences that they have faced, and the past that still haunts them. It is only in the very final scene that they interact with each other.

The themes that ripple through Robinson’s play look at parental responsibilities, the sometimes acute consequences of one’s actions, and issues around disability.

The alternate storytelling, at either side of the stage, delivered with great sensitivity by Georgie Adamson and Martin Crewes, is given added poignancy by Benjamin Brockman’s stark lighting (the light intensely falls on the actors  faces only to their shoulders…Also of note the flashing alternate flourescent lights above the actors) and the soundscape by James Brown and Tom Hogan.

Dylan Tonkin’s set design, two converging walls, made of gravel and plastic, cracked in the middle, is effective and symbolic.

Brooke Robinson’s ANIMAL/PEOPLE, well directed by James Dalton, is playing the Bondi Pavilion until the 16th May 2015.