Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan: A searing Australian opera tells of real-life tragedy and triumph

Ravishing operatic work Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan will premiere in Melbourne at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse. Directed by Australian theatre and opera legend, Neil Armfield, this production is as deeply felt as it is thrillingly physical. Half a century since the infamous drowning of Dr George Ian Ogilvie Duncan, which ultimately led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in South Australia, Watershed turns the illicit into the sacred, through powerful choral music, solo voices and dance. Through a searing, no-punches-pulled libretto by Helpmann Award-winning playwright Alana Valentine and author Christos Tsiolkas (The Slap) and a luscious, ultimately transcendent score by Brisbane composer Joe Twist, this 5-star, “if I could give it 6 stars, I would” (Limelight), critically acclaimed production captures a significant turning point in Australian history.