Press Release: The Busy World Is Hushed

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

By Keith Bunin

A new play about love, faith and what it takes to make life worth living.

Hannah (Vanessa Downing) is a contradiction. She’s a church minister, but an unconventional, outspoken one. She’s a loving mother, but meddlesome and demanding. She needs an expert to help her interpret a newly discovered gospel, but hires Brandt (Matthew Moore), young, charming and hopelessly unqualified.

Hannah’s son, Thomas (Lee Jones), is forever at odds with his mother and eventually their pressurised relationship explodes, revealing painful secrets, unexpected honesty and unshakeable bonds.

Vanessa Downing recently appeared as Regan in Mark Kilmurry’s acclaimed production of King Lear and opposite him in Afterplay at the Ensemble Theatre. Matthew Moore’s career has included seasons with the Bell Shakespeare Company and The Taming of the Shrew for Sydney Theatre Company. Lee Jones has previously appeared in The Merchant of Venice and Duck for B Sharp at Belvoir Street Theatre.

‘Keith Bunin’s new play about faith and families is smart, thoughtful and ultimately affecting… combines religious debate and complicated relationships with winning results… terrific.’ BROADWAY.COM

‘It’s riveting, stimulating stuff… transcends particulars to explore the most fundamental questions of humanity’  NYTHEATRE

‘…essentially a tale of a loving mother, a troubled son and the man who may be able to heal the breach between them… Keith Bunin’s intriguing new play arrives at a propitious moment…’  NEW YORK TIMES

Season Details: The Busy World Is Hushed

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