Norm and Ahmed

By Alex Buzo

Directed by Robert Lewis

Persona Collective

Bolton Street Skate Park

2018

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Norm and Ahmed’, Persona Collective performed Alex Buzo’s classic at the Bolton Street Skate Park. ‘Norm and Ahmed’ is a watershed work and generated immense controversy when it was first staged. Late one night at a deserted street, Norm, a working-class Anglo Australian, stops a young international student, Ahmed. Norm asks for a light, strikes up a conversation and what evolves is an encounter that ends in a shocking and confronting way. 

Fearturing Dominique Sweeney, Abu Kebe