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A PLAY about light and love in dark places has premiered at the Drill Hall Theatre, exploring how that love can transcend and restore memories.<\/p>\n

The Dream Run Theatre Company production of Murwillumbah playwright Michael Lill’s The Water’s Edge is also a cautionary tale of the fragility of human connections and perceptions.<\/p>\n

The power of unconditional love and forgiveness informs the space between the lines and lifts the play from a powerful family drama to an epic tale of love and loss.<\/p>\n

In the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease, Sarah Lawrence lives between worlds. She sees the unseen and experiences the strangeness and beauty of a parallel universe with her daughter, Hannah, who drowned as a child.<\/p>\n

During one of her husband’s daily visits, Sarah inadvertently reveals a secret that will have profound effects on him and their son.<\/p>\n

A trained drama teacher and actor, Lill formed the Dream Run Theatre Company in 2010.<\/p>\n

He has been shortlisted 10 times for various Short+Sweet festivals, and The Water’s Edge and Turning Tables, were finalists in Short+Sweet Sydney.<\/p>\n

Lill won the Literary and Audience Prizes for two of his plays at the Hot Shorts Competition run by the Drill Hall Theatre Company in 2013.<\/p>\n

His short play, Out Of Oblivion, was a co-winner of the Writers At Work Playwriting Competition by the Blue Elephant Theatre Company in Camberwell, London.<\/p>\n

Shortlisted for the inaugural International C.S. Lewis (‘Clive’) Award in 2024, this debut production of The Water’s Edge is directed by Lill.<\/p>\n

The ensemble cast consists of Cate Feldmann, Gregory Aitken, Sierra Freeman, Yasir Assam and Maureen Lill as The Singer, with lighting designer Sunita Bailey.<\/p>\n

The production runs in Mullumbimby until July 27. For tickets, visit trybooking.com\/events\/landing\/1392370<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A PLAY about light and love in dark places has premiered at the Drill Hall Theatre, exploring how that love can transcend and restore memories. The Dream Run Theatre Company production of Murwillumbah playwright Michael Lill’s The Water’s Edge is also a cautionary tale of the fragility of human connections and perceptions. The power of […]<\/p>\n

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