HighTide Festival: Moth

Moth was first produced by Arena Theatre and Malthouse Theatre at The CUB Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, on 13 May 2010.

"Heaven is a trillion light years away. And that's a lot of dark matter, a lot of sin between us..."

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.

By turns dark and shimmering, Moth is a firework of a play. Channelling Donnie Darko, Disco Pigs and Copenhagen, it is a fast, funny and heartbreaking story about two young people with nowhere to go.

Suitable for age 12 and over.