immerse - Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

empire theatres
This project been made possible through financial
assistance through Arts Queensland’s Development
and Presentation Program and the Regional Stages
– a joint initiative of Arts Queensland and Australia
Council for the Arts.
APRIL’S FOOL
by DAVID BURTON
The Australian Government is proud to be associated
with this tour through the national performing arts
touring program, Playing Australia, which gives
Australians across the country the opportunity to see
some of our best performing arts.
Tour managed and coordinated by arTour – a business
unit of Queensland Arts Council.
TUES 5 JUNE – 11 AM
A true story of love, family, strength and the choices we make.
In April 2009, two weeks short of his nineteenth birthday Toowoomba teenager Kristjan
Terauds died due to complications from illicit drug use.
Inspired by ‘April’s Fool’, an account of his son’s death by Kristjan’s father, the Empire Theatre
commissioned award-winning playwright, David Burton to bring this story to the stage.
Using the words of Kristjan’s friends and family interviewed over many months the result is a
powerful mix of sadness, loss, and ultimately love, laced with humour. April’s Fool promises to
be a thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic reflection on how we all live our lives.
The result is a theatre experience that reflects Kristjan himself – loving, warm, generous, open,
honourable, gentle, complex and provocative.
Suitable for age 12 years and up
Mild coarse language
cast includes
Jessica Harm, Allen Laverty, Barbara Lowing,
Sam Clark
director
Lewis Jones
designer
Josh McIntosh
media design
Craig Wilkinson
sound design
Brett Collery
lighting design
Timothy Panitz
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