The Blind Giant Is Dancing - Belvoir

Overview

Sydney's Yael Stone (Orange Is the New Black) is back in her hometown and headed for Belvoir.

She joins her real-life husband Dan Spielman, who leads a cast of 11 onstage in Stephen Sewell's The Blind Giant Is Dancing. Despite having premiered in 1983, this play is pertinent to the many difficulties plaguing Australian politics today. At its centre is an idealist, who dreams of making the nation a better place, but becomes so mixed up in party power struggles, he has trouble keeping his eye — and aspirations — on the bigger, more important picture.

Eamon Flack is directing, his first time directing at Belvoir since stepping into the role of artistic director and being awarded Best Director at the Sydney Theatre Awards for his production of Ivanov in 2015. He is Belvoir’s third ever artistic director, a position held by Neil Armfield for over 20 years. Flack, an actor, director, dramaturg and writer, was raised in Darwin, south east Asia and Brisbane, and has worked at Belvoir for a decade.

Image: Brett Boardman.