Good Night: The End
“A lunchbreak in the afterworld.”
In this play by Jo Randerson, three Grim Reapers kill time in their dingy staff kitchen, grappling with the usual questions: “Who used my cup? Why is there never enough Milo? Is there anything to look forward to beyond this miserable present?”
The production deals with themes of self-expression, vocational crisis and ultimately, our relationship with our mortality and our sense of purpose in life.
“Funny, clever, and flipping bizarre.”
Good Night - The End was produced in partnership between Barbarian Productions and Downstage Theatre and premiered at Downstage Theatre, Wellington in 2009.
A documentary film Disappear in Light (2011) was made by independent filmmaker Leonie Reynolds, following the rehearsal and production process of the play. This film screened in the 2012 Documentary Edge Festival in Wellington and Auckland NZ.
“When the audience’s faces are wreathed with smiles in the wake of a 106-minute play about death, something remarkable has clearly happened.”
