Breaking the Castle

Breaking the Castle, a gripping one-man play with a powerful performance from creator Peter Cook, will make its Queensland premiere at QPAC from February 24 to March 4, 2023.

I tried dying and it didn’t work…I might as well try living now.

Struggling actor David can’t get enough, of anything. Alcohol, drugs, women, gambling - whatever it takes to escape the bark of the black dog. Bouncing from audition to audition as he battles his debilitating mental health issues and descends into a world of addiction, he is consumed by an overwhelming feeling of never belonging anywhere.

Days and nights are lived through a thick haze of drugs, alcohol and Shakespeare’s soliloquies. This bender could be his last, but he doesn’t care - there are worse things than death.

Then David is thrown an unlikely lifeline. Finding himself in the mountains of South-East Asia, he is offered a chance at redemption - but he will need to confront his inner demons, traumas and secrets long buried.

Directed by stage and screen Director Leah Purcell (The Drover’s Wife, The Legend of Molly Johnson) and told with a bucket load of laughs, this compelling and uplifting one-man play - written and performed by Brisbane’s Peter Cook - is inspired by true events.

“An incredibly powerful work that was a privilege to see.” Stage Whispers

“A tour de force performance.” Arts Review

“This one-man production may be the most significant theatre production that audiences are ever likely to experience"  City Hub Sydney

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