Lemon Tree on Dreg St

■ There is a beguiling simplicity to Amy May Nunn’s Lemon Tree on Dreg Street

The set (Casey Harper-Wood) with its single flat for a house front and representation of a lemon tree has a Play School feel about it but the human drama of identity, connection and loss would have you believe we are in Chekov’s cherry orchard.

Much of this can be attributed to Nunn’s script which is hilariously comic in places but effortlessly swings into the underlying emotion of individuals struggling for sympathy and understanding.

The mixture of poetic lyricism, dialogue and the absurd is dazzling. Possum (Michelle Perera) is about to marry the lemon tree which lies in the backyard where Twiglet (Ayesha Harris-Westman) and Boots (Ziggy Resnick) live.

A cow loving celebrant (Milo Hartill) comes to officiate but there’s a development vulture (Alex Donnelly)wanting the property.

This mix of characters enable an array of contemporary issues like urbanization, tradition, relationships, betrayal and love to come to the fore. The cohesion of the cast is exemplified in the songs which punctuate the performance.

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