By turns dark and shimmering, Moth is a fast, funny and heartbreaking story about two young people with nowhere to go. Sebastian is "that kid" at high school. He's weird. He smells. He's obsessed with comics, and talks to himself. But after a catastrophic fallout with his only friend, Claryssa, he wakes up with a moth in a jar by his bed, and a calling to save the souls of all humanity. And so begins the Passion of Sebastian: a journey into a terrifying and starless night. Declan Greene's play Moth was first produced by Arena Theatre and Malthouse Theatre at the CUB Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, in May 2010. It was premiered in the UK at HighTide Festival and the Bush Theatre, London, in 2013.
"'A wild rumbustious mix of fantasy and fable, it has all the rough edges and monstrous scope of a work of genius - frighteningly good'"
Scotsman
"'A vigorous and appealing play about the travails of Harriet, an early 19th-century actress, and her family - this play reveals the life of an actress as an astonishing test of physical stamina'"
