OBSERVER: Red


Award winning Director Iain Sinclair brings John Logan’s Tony Award winning play Red to Melbourne from November 20 at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.
Directed by Iain Sinclair, starring Dylan Smith (House of Dragon, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and emerging actor Jordan Briggs (16th Street Actors Studio Grad), this intense drama by one of Hollywood’s biggest screenwriters will play a strictly limited season.
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant Ken, and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.
Produced by Little Life Productions and Company16, Red is a drama that exposes the fiery collision of art and ambition as two actors face off in a gripping theatrical showdown.
“Having been moved to tears by Rothko personally, I am thrilled to the challenge of playing such a brilliant artist, and the chance to be directed by Iain Sinclair was unpassable,” says actor Dylan Smith.
Performance Season: November 20 – 30
Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Duration: 90 minutes without intermission
Tickets: Start at $35 plus booking fee. Available now. fortyfivedownstairs.com/
Cheryl Threadgold

Pictured: Dylan Smith