Out of the darkness, Justine Campbell and Sarah Hamilton conjure the ghost of one of Australia’s lost beauties, the thylacine. With all the suspense of a campfire story, these feisty, funny women weave a lyrical tale of adversity and extinction.
For this thylacine tracker and this zoo keeper’s daughter, it’s a quest not just to protect a threatened creature, but themselves. Rebellious and gutsy, these women face life and fight to survive.
JUSTINE CAMPBELL is a director, writer and actor and is co-artistic director and co-producer of HUMAN ANIMAL EXCHANGE. In 2016, their co-production with Malthouse Theatre of the award winning They Saw a Thylacine toured Australia. Campbell’s work as a writer includes Back From The Dead Red (Melbourne Fringe), The Dust and Us (La Mama) and Untold which was co-written with Sarah Hamilton for MTC as part of Cybec Electric. Campbell has been a participant in MTC’s Women Directors Program as well as Theatre Works’ Directors Lab. A member of the Green Room Awards independent theatre panel, Campbell’s awards include: Stand Out Performer Awards NZ Fringe 2014, Green Room Award Best Female Performer in an Independent Production 2010 and Equity ACT Green Room Award for Professional Performer 2007.
SARAH HAMILTON is a writer, performer and co-artistic director of Human Animal Exchange. Her first play A Donkey and a Parrot toured to Melbourne, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. With Justine Campbell she has co-written The Dust and Us (La Mama), Untold (MTC Cybec Electric) and They Saw a Thylacine. Thylacine won the Best Performance and Tiki Tour Ready awards at Melbourne Fringe in 2013, and was nominated for Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe and three Greenroom Awards: Best Writing, Best Female Performers and Best Production. Following a collaboration with Malthouse Theatre in 2015, Thylacine toured nationally through Performing Lines in 2016, and was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Regional Touring Production. Hamilton has a Masters in Writing for Performance through the Victorian College of the Arts.
| Cast Info | 2F |
| Genres | Drama, Comedy |
| Themes | Environmental themes, Full length play |
| Audiences | Young Adult, Adult |
| Extent | 70 |
| Edition | First |
| Size | 137 x 210 mm |