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If you were the last woman on earth, who would you choose for the last man? For poor Louise it’s not the gorgeous, intelligent man of her dreams. Instead, she is trapped with her rather unnerving work colleague Mark.  Louise (Hannah Norris) wakes to find herself with her work colleague, Mark, (Nick Pelomis) in his 1980s backyard nuclear bomb shelter. A terrorist ‘dirty bomb’ has gone off in central London and Mark has rescued Louise. Louise has no memory of the bomb going off at the pub where they were both drinking at the time or in fact how she got to the shelter.

Mark’s back is burnt and his descriptions of the world outside the shelter are both ghastly and vivid. They may well be the only survivors. They must remain under ground for at least three weeks waiting for the nuclear fall-out to dissipate. Mark is always prepared for the worst and has everything he thinks they will need to survive; tinned chilli, Dungeons and Dragons and a knife - now all they need to do is to wait until it's safe to go outside. Can they survive the attack? Can they survive each other?

Daniel Clarke presents the first professional Australian production of the critically acclaimed play "After the End" by one of the UK’s most successful contemporary playwrights Dennis Kelly for the 2009 Adelaide Fringe.  "After the End" is both a gripping psychological drama and a biting black comedy written by Kelly just prior the 2005 London bombings. The award winning play premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2005 and has since played to acclaim throughout the world.

Directed by (Adelaide Feast’s) Daniel Clarke in his first Fringe foray since producing the 2006 Adelaide Fringe hit “The Bogus Woman”, this production is also his first directorial outing in South Australia since living and working as a theatre director in the UK for 4 years. After the End stars Hannah Norris and Nick Pelomis, with designs by Wendy Todd, lighting by Sue Grey-Gardner and sound design by Jason Sweeney. The production has received support from Arts SA and the Adelaide Festival Centre’s InSpace: InDevelopment Program.

Daniel Clarke said “Kelly has brilliantly taken the political and examined it through the personal. He has created a microcosm of society - Kelly’s play looks at territory and control – Mark believes that what he wants is right and that what he thinks is the best. He will do whatever he has to, to make Louise see things the same way as him. The audience are in for an intense roller coaster ride of an emotional journey. This is intense challenging theatre”.

Reviews:

"Nick Pelomis and Hannah Norris deliver compelling performances, tautly directed by Daniel Clarke......a total tour de force.....this is gripping drama at its finest........an object lesson in so many ways to contemporary Adelaide theatre.........Book immediately!  (John Ovenden - Adelaide HIlls TV Guide 25/2/09)

**** "Stark, mad, emotionally draining but funny. What a killer combination. Director Daniel Clarke has taken a brilliant script and made it into a play that you will think about for a long, long time (Tory Shepherd - Advertiser 4/3/09

Daniel Clarke's direction matches the sophistication of Kelly's writing. Pelomis and Norris articulate with great ease through beautifully realized, complex characters the impassioned fears of human frailty and failing Kelly seeks to express. They mine the rich vein of dark humour in the script for effect with ease and leave you with a heady, unforgettable experience to think deeply on after"  - Db magazine

"Superb performances, compelling and terrifying...gripping from its opeining moments" - Independent Weekly

"Nick Pelomis and Hannah Norris keep the tension high in this fine piece of theatre. Try to catch it." Rip It Up

"Pelomis and Norris are excellent. Bleak and at times difficult to watch. After the End is nevertheless utterly compelling...an exceptional ninety minutes of deep, dark theatre". Buzz Cuts Media

"Hannah Norris and Nick Pelomis are terrific in this exciting piece." Blaze Media

"After the End is a brilliantly executed psychologicl thriller of post-apocalyptic proportions" Australian Stage On Line

"After the End is worth seeing for Nick Pelomis and Hannah Norris' performances, the staging and the direction" State of Play