ARCHIMEDES WAR by Melissa Reeves. Directed by Susie Dee

What happens when our games are about war, and war is played like a game?

Fifteen-year-old Arki can’t shake the dead bodies of the players he’s killed in his online combat games. His mother takes him to a psychiatrist who thinks he has PTSD. In her quest to help her son, she turns to those involved in real world war afflictions.

ARCHIMEDES WAR is a dark comedy exploring the frightening depersonalisation of modern warfare, where waging war can look like a video game and playing video games has real-life consequences.

Director: Susie Dee
Writer: Melissa Reeves
Cast: Daniela Farinacci, Jim Russell, Richie Hallal, Harry Musgrove, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Eva Seymour
Set and Video Design: Romanie Harper
Set and Costume Design: Bethany J Fellows
Lighting Design: Lisa Mibus
Sound Design: Ian Moorhead
Production and Stage Managers: Cassandra Fumi & Claire Shepherd
Producer (2021) and Marketing: Katie Rowe
Director’s Assistant: Karla Livingstone-Pardy
Assistant Stage Manager: Georgie Bright

Image by Pia Johnson

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Archimedes War has been supported by the Australian Cultural Fund.