
Sometimes you watch a play and get stuck. It resonates, informs and entertains so profoundly that it’s hard to articulate how the complex interweaving of characters, set, lighting, sound, stage energy, timing and all the other elements of theatre have come together to pull you into a maelstrom of emotions and thoughts.
Most of us have been touched by suicide. It has almost become an epidemic, particularly amongst Indigenous people and men aged between 15 and 44. I used to consider it a selfish act, intended to hurt those left behind so they felt the same pain. Now I know different. As articulated by Norm towards the end of Andrew Hinderaker’s black comedy SUICIDE, INCORPORATED.
“It hurts to breathe. I’m tired of feeling that.”
This is a reprisal of Knock and Run’s production of this play as they originally staged it in 2016, with returning director Patrick Campbell, who received a CONDA Award for Best Director of a Drama or Comedy for the production in that year, assisted by Zoe Anderson. Continue reading SUICIDE, INCORPORATED BY ANDREW HINDERAKER