PRODUCTION INFORMATION

The Bronze Age. The Iron Age. The Age of Oil.

The Stone Age didn’t end for want of stones. May and her daughter Amy forge through the world as it transforms around them; lit by kerosene lamp in 1889, through to Tehran in 1908, Hampstead in 1970, Baghdad in 2021, returning to Cornwall in 2051.

Ella Hickson’s epic, explosive play traces the evolution of the oil industry; exploring the relationship between power, progress and destruction in a hurtling collision of empire, history and family.

Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn & Work Art Life Studios.

Production photos by John Lloyd Fillingham.

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer Ella Hickson
Director Ella Caldwell
Set Design Greg Clarke
Costume Designer Chloe Greaves
Lighting Designer Clare Springett
Lighting Consultant Rachel Burke
Sound Designer Daniel Nixon
Assistant Director Shaun Wykes
Dialect Coach Jean Goodwin
Arabic Tutor Kinda Alsamara
Stage Manager Jackie Mates
Assistant Stage Manager Tayla Gane

Cast
Darcy Brown 
Jing-Xuan Chan
Charlie Cousins
Daniela Farinacci
Hannah Fredericksen
Justin Hosking
Khisraw Jones-Shukoor
Nicole Nabout
Jennifer Vuletic
Matthew Whitty

DATES & TICKETS
Previews 12 - 15 Nov | Season 16 Nov - 15 Dec

Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 2pm

“A work of grand scope and searching dramatic intelligence.” 
– The Age -

“An atmospheric, engrossing and strikingly well-acted production… Vivid & utterly memorable.” 
– The Australian -

“Ella Hickson’s ambitious, centuries-spanning play, Oil is a compelling winner… Under the direction of Ella Caldwell, this latest Red Stitch Production is an experience so full of ideas & feeling that it ought to burst.” 
– Time Out Melbourne -

“Bold, playful and scorchingly ambitious…a remarkable play…contains one of the best theatrical mother-daughter relationships of recent years” 
★★★★ 
- The Guardian -