This show is more of Luke than anything else he’s ever done.
Luke’s known Ruth Park’s books since he was a child so to hear and see her words and characters brought to life was just extraordinary. Even better, Kate Mulvany had chosen various Irish folksongs and others to be sung by the actors, and so as musical director and arranger it was his job to weave these into the fabric of the play.
It would take many paragraphs to describe this show, but for now it suffices to say that it’s very rare for any show to ever be “finished”, of which “Between the Sea and Sky” is no exception, but Luke looks forward to the day when someone else picks it up again and he can apply what he’s learned since then.
