THE PERSIANS / THE SUPPLIANTS
Inspired by Aeschylus, with addition text by Hazrat Inayat Khan, Rumi, Robert Johnson and others.









Reaching far back in time to our two oldest playtexts, Burning House is working to create a new work about terrorism, Islam, the refugee crisis, empathy and the nature of theatre and storytelling itself.
CREATIVES
Director, Adapter - Robert Johnson
Designer - James Lew
Lighting - John Collopy
Composer - Imogen Cygler
2018 WORKSHOP CAST
Donna Dimovski-Kantarovski, Jem Lai, Damian Okelich, Michelle Robertson, Myles Teakle, and Hugo Williams
The 2018 Development was possible thanks to the Darebin Speakeasy Program.