The Orchid and the Crow – a one-man show coming to TAS Hoskins Centre next Wednesday – is a comedy about an atheist surviving cancer by finding God in Lance Armstrong – with songs!
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Daniel Tobias grew up in a Jewish-atheist household. In 2004 he found out he had stage-four testicular cancer and went searching for God. Any God.
Enter Lance Armstrong, seven-times winner of the Tour de France and legendary cancer survivor. Lance Armstrong’s story gave Daniel solace and hope when he needed it.
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Now, of course, Armstrong is a fallen angel. After Daniel fully recovers, he wonders – how many times will he be cheated by a God?
This is a story about being let down by your heroes and those whom you worship – time and time and time again.
Daniel effortlessly draws us into the inspiring tale of his near-death experience in this funny, uplifting story of faith, family and survival.
“The Orchid and the Crow started about ten years after all the cancer stuff happened,” Daniel said.
“When I was going through all of the treatment, I thought I would like to share my story with other people if it can be helpful at all, because one of the main things that got me through was hearing other people’s stories.”
Part story-telling, part-theatre featuring original songs from the award-winning writers of Otto & Astrid, this is an original, accessible, brilliantly clever and ultimately moving story that audiences have described as “life-changing”. The play deals with rarely discussed themes in an entertaining, theatrical, accessible and comical form.
The Orchid and the Crow is at the Michael Hoskins Centre, The Armidale School (enter from Chapel Street). on Wednesday May 16 from 8.00 to 9.30pm. COST: $35 (adult), $30 (concession), $25 (student). Tickets available from www.trybooking.com/VFRI. For more information, phone 02 6776 5800.
