Torch the Place

MTC NEXTSTAGE ORIGINAL

Benjamin Law
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Torch the Place

Published

8 February 2020

ISBN

9780522876659

Pages

118

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

Torch the Place

MTC NEXTSTAGE ORIGINAL

Benjamin Law
Presented by MTC as part of AsiaTOPA 2020, 8 February-21 March 2020, Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio.
Teresa's mum finds it impossible to let anything go—from grudges to household objects. She thinks of her home as a museum full of irreplaceable treasures. But she's not really a curator, she's a hoarder. When her kids return home to celebrate her 60th birthday, she's over the moon to have the family back together. But this isn't a reunion. It's an intervention. Celebrated TV writer Benjamin Law (The Family Law) is one of this country's brightest literary stars. For his hysterically funny and moving playwriting debut, Law employs his effortless wit to spark joy in the clutter and find truth in those chaotic moments that bring families closer. Commissioned through MTC's NEXT STAGE Writers' Program with the support of our Playwrights Giving Circle Donors, The Ian Potter Foundation, Naomi Milgrom Foundation, The Myer Foundation, Malcolm Robertson Foundation and The University of Melbourne.
Teresa's mum finds it impossible to let anything go—from grudges to household objects. She thinks of her home as a museum full of irreplaceable treasures. But she's not really a curator, she's a hoarder. When her kids return home to celebrate her 60th birthday, she's over the moon to have the family back together. But this isn't a reunion. It's an intervention. Celebrated TV writer Benjamin Law (The Family Law) is one of this country's brightest literary stars. For his hysterically funny and moving playwriting debut, Law employs his effortless wit to spark joy in the clutter and find truth in those chaotic moments that bring families closer. Commissioned through MTC's NEXT STAGE Writers' Program with the support of our Playwrights Giving Circle Donors, The Ian Potter Foundation, Naomi Milgrom Foundation, The Myer Foundation, Malcolm Robertson Foundation and The University of Melbourne.

Benjamin Law

Benjamin Law

Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. Torch the Place is his playwriting debut. He’s the author of the memoir The Family Law, the travel book Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East and the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101. He’s the editor of the anthology Growing Up Queer in Australia and creator and co-writer of three seasons of the award-winning SBS TV series The Family Law, based on his memoir. He…

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