because there was fire
by Jamie Hornsby
Commissioned by Jopuka Productions
WINNER: Best New Work - Newcastle Fringe
Snake my way around the fence-line. Look at Dad. Still cave-manning. Look at Jane. Still sulking. Look at him. He turns to me and says: “You ready?” And I say… “Fuck yeah.”
On a warm summer night two teens disappear from a neighbourhood barbecue, vanishing without a trace.
There's Clara, seventeen, fed up with her suburb and everyone in it. Everyone except Andrew, the newly arrived rich kid from the right side of the tracks. Sparks fly. They jump in his Monaro and hit the road, yearning for a life of adventure. But they soon learn that escape isn't that easy, and fires can burn beyond control.
Written by Jamie Hornsby, one of South Australia's most exciting new writers, because there was fire is a darkly-comic coming of age story set against the backdrop of the burning Australian bush.
Inaugural commission from Jopuka Productions.
because there was fire is published by Australian Plays Transform.
“A major new voice in Australian playwriting. The words come ‘trippingly off the tongue’, full of wit, imagery and depth, which is given excellent rapid-fire delivery by these two actors. It is truly marvellous.”
“The script is rich. Its eloquent prose and tight dialogue underscores the description of Hornsby as one of the most promising young playwrights in the country today.”
