This Beautiful Future

(Paperback)

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Elodie is 17. Shes French. She washes her legs before going to church. She believes in God. Otto is 15. Hes a German soldier. Bulletproof skin. Eyes that could pierce tanks. He was part of a firing squad today. Its 1944. Outside, the world around them is exploding. Inside, the room shakes. Elodie and Ottos naked bodies touch.

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'A teenage Nazi soldier and a French girl secretly meet on the eve of the American army's triumphant arrival, spending one last night together before their worlds are turned upside down... Rita Kalnejais' kaleidoscopic new play This Beautiful Future mines this compellingly weighted scenario for all it's worth... One of Kalnejais' play's most powerful tools is its refusal to be pinned down, its insistence that nothing is straightforward... An extraordinary work.' The Stage

Author Bio

Rita Kalnejais has worked extensively as an actor at Belvoir, Griffin, Malthouse and Sydney Theatre Companies. Rita's first play, BC, was nominated for three Greenroom Awards including Best New Australian Play. Rita was a resident playwright at Sydney Theatre Company in 2011/12 and her screenplay Cottontop won her a scholarship at Sydney Film School in 2008. Rita's Soho Six commission First Love Is The Revolution premiered at Soho Theatre in 2015.