Playwright Elizabeth Easther won the 2014 Adam Play Award with this sophisticated, witty and very contemporary meditation on the timeless processes of procreation.
Seed presents a series of interlocking stories in which the mystery of fertility seems to transcend all the mechanisms of control supplied by an ever-expanding array of technological interventions.
The complex narrative establishes stark contrasts, with the irrepressible fecundity of accidental conception set against the tragic frustrations of a fertility treatment regime and endless humiliations that accompany the quest for a suitable partner.
Director Emma Willis brings a delightfully light touch to the briskly paced staging that whisks us from one location to another with inventive use of the varied assortment of props provided by Dion Boothby's stylish design.
