"The Seed is probably the best new Australian theatre work of 2007."
Stage Noise

"...extraordinarily powerful and moving. This is an important work that deserves a long life."
The Australian The Seed, the 2004 Philip Parsons Young Playwright's Award commission, made its long-awaited premiere on the B Sharp stage at Belvoir Street Theatre in July 2007. Following its phenomenal success the show will be reworked and become part of Company B's 2008 season of work in the upstairs theatre. Based on a true story, The Seed deals with the 30 year reunion of Danny, a Vietnam veteran, his father Brian, an ex-IRA soldier and Danny's journalist daughter Rose. What starts out as a celebration soon becomes a chilling game of loyalty, lies and betrayal as each digs deep into the Maloney family plot. Seeds germinate, flower and sometimes strangle in this expose of family history in a Nottingham where merry men are thin on the ground and Robin Hood checked out a long time ago. And to make matters worse...the rest of the kinsmen are on their way.

Award-winning writer Kate Mulvany (Blood and Bone, Story Time, Naked Ambition, Somewhere...) teams with director Iain Sinclair (My Arm, Hurlyburly, Lord of the Flies) in this compelling, tightly-woven and thrilling exploration of a very real family and the repercussions of war.

Company B
Company B is one of Australia's most respected and celebrated theatre companies. Under Artistic Director Neil Armfield and General Manager Vicki Middleton, the company performs at its home, the historic Belvoir St Theatre located in Surry Hills, Sydney where it stages a 12 month season of work. The company also tours to major arts centres and festivals both nationally and internationally. Company B works with Australia's most prominent and promising directors, actors and designers, to present an annual artistic program that is razor-sharp, popular and stimulating.

During the past years, artists including Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Max Gillies, John Gaden, Kris McQuade, Richard Roxburgh, Max Cullen, Bille Brown, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman, Helen Morse and Catherine McClements have all performed with Company B.

Sell out productions like Cloudstreet, The Judas Kiss, The Alchemist, Hamlet, The Small Poppies, Waiting for Godot, The Underpants, Gulpilil, The Sapphires, Stuff Happens, Keating! and Exit the King have consolidated Company B's position as one of Australia's most innovative and acclaimed theatre companies.

Contact:
Vicki Middleton
General Manager
Company B
18 Belvoir Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tel +61 2 8396 6204
Fax +61 2 9319 3165
Mob 0424 312 392
vicki@belvoir.com.au
www.belvoir.com.au