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In a mental institution in 1971, Lewis, a young director, takes on the task of mounting a production of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte in the burnt-out theatre while protests against the Vietnam War are being staged outside.
Semi-autobiographical in nature, Louis Nowra has written a play about theatre, madness, illusion, sanity and life. COSI explores a life lesson for Lewis, a young director who takes on the task of producing a play with the patients who live there. As his life is touched by these
extraordinary people and his operatic production ( Cosi Fan Tutte) lurches forward, we learn, along with Lewis, that when chasing your dreams it helps to be a little crazy.
On one level, COSI is a poignant look at life through the eyes of patients at an insane asylum. On
another, it’s an hilarious take on the madness of creative endeavour and the chaotic terror of
getting up there and making a fool of yourself.
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