The Modern International Dead

Winner of the 2008 Sydney Theatre Award for Best New Australian Work
Winner of the 2008 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Best New Australian Play

“Funny, irreverent, passionate and provocative” Sydney Morning Herald
“Engrossing, suspenseful and irreverently humorous’ Sun Herald

True stories from the frontline.
Following hundreds of hours of interviews with international peacekeepers, aid workers and UN weapons inspectors, author Damien Millar has constructed a dynamic, engrossing and surprisingly funny new work.

Focusing on three people who have dedicated themselves to putting their lives at risk in aid of others, we visit the world’s most dangerous hotspots, from Rwanda to East Timor, Cambodia to Iraq.

This devastatingly powerful new play sees a cast of three playing over forty different characters in rapid-fire transformation. We are proud to bring this bold, fiercely intelligent and highly original new work of theatre to Western Australian audiences.