Chris Bendall
Director, Playwright and Creative Producer
CURRENT PROJECTS
Black Sun / Blood Moon
by Chris Bendall
World Premiere: Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre May 2022
Australian national tour: April to June 2023.
From Writer/Director Chris Bendall comes a fantastical new story about finding your voice and saving the world.
Two intertwining stories – one magical, the other all too real – bring two unlikely heroes to the stage in a new work inspired by the Fridays for Future student-led protests of 2019. Black Sun / Blood Moon follows Maddy, a ten-year-old climate champion, and Katie, the underachieving assistant of a climate-denying politician, as they set out to save the planet.
When Paul unwittingly inspires his young daughter Maddy to take part in a school climate strike, their lives are turned upside down irrevocably. Maddy’s journey will put her at increasing risk as she takes her message to the powers that be, while Katie will find herself on the back of eagles and dolphins as she attempts to fulfill a fantastical quest from the future.
Featuring stunning video and projection, and amazing life-size puppetry by Erth Visual and Physical, Black Sun / Blood Moon will delight families with young people 12 years and older.
Purchase the Script from Currency Press
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View the play featured in Australian Plays Transform's Sustainability Collection
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14 April – Cairns Performing Arts Centre
21 April – Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
28 April – Griffith Regional Theatre
22 May – The Wedge, Sale
25 May – Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool
30 May – The Capital Theatre, Tamworth
2 – 3 June – The Concourse, Chatswood
7 – 8 June – Riverside Theatre, Parramatta
20 June - Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton
23 June – Mandurah PAC
27 June – Heart, Margaret River
30 June – Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre
