Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, The Dining Room is a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching, some rueful – which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids. A father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home. A theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.
Directed by Grace Naoum starring Adam Carr, Adelya Downward, Anh Huynh, Ben Smith, Craig Roberts, Fiona Wu, Gary Laurent, Jade Feehelly and Nerida Douglas