I Saw The Second One Hit - St Martins

Overview

Fourteen years ago, two planes struck the Twin Towers in New York City, and the world was changed forever. In the time since, we've all grown accustomed to the drumbeat of fear and the hum of government surveillance. We've resigned ourselves to the loss of personal privacy, often giving it up willingly through our use of smart phones and social media.

Presented by St Martins Youth Arts Centre as part of their residency at Malthouse Theatre, I Saw The Second One Hit explores the social and political fallout from the 9/11 attacks through the eyes and experiences of twin sisters who have never known anything different. Teenage actors Juliette and Madeline Hemphil were born in 2001 and have grown up in a world shaped by that one fateful day in Manhattan. Conceived and directed by Clare Watson, this thought-provoking play asks us to consider the genetics of power, with one Australian family serving as stand-in for the entire Western world.